Madonna book illustrator attacked

21/02/2006 - 14:57:17
An illustrator who did the artwork for one of Madonna’s children’s books has been beaten up in New York, it was reported today.

Jeffrey Fulvimari, 43, suffered a fractured skull when he was attacked by three thugs after leaving a trendy nightclub early on Sunday morning, according to the New York Daily News.

The artist, who worked on Madonna’s The English Roses, is being treated in hospital and is said to need reconstructive surgery on his left eye socket after being beaten and kicked.

He told the newspaper he did not even remember anyone attacking him in the Chelsea area of Manhattan.

“All of the sudden I was down, then people were asking me questions and I was being put in an ambulance,” Fulvimari said.

He added: “I’m lucky I don’t have brain damage or hearing damage.”

The friend he was with, Ricardo Paredes, said he believed the attackers might have thought the pair were jumping the queue.

“I went to get in the car, and when I turned around I saw three big guys beating Jeffrey up really bad,” he told the newspaper.

“I went and said ‘Stop! Stop!’ and they just took me over right away and they beat me up. It happened so fast.”