BURTON'S BROTHER SLAMS VIOLENCE CLAIMS

Last updated: Tuesday, September 5, 2006

BURTON'S BROTHER SLAMS VIOLENCE CLAIMS

The brother of late screen star RICHARD BURTON has hit out at DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR's biographer J RANDY TARBORELLI over claims the Welsh actor physically attacked Taylor.

GRAHAM JENKINS, 77, insists reports of Burton's violent drunken rages are "rubbish", even though TARBORELLI, who also wrote the biography of Taylor's pal MICHAEL JACKSON, supposedly consulted members of the NATIONAL VELVET star's "inner circle" for the book.

He fumes, "This is a load of rubbish and I question whether the author is compos mentis."

Tarborelli claims in the book Taylor halted her filming schedule after a particularly vicious attack at the hands of Burton: "She was unable to work on CLEOPATRA. Even heavy make-up was not enough when it came to the results of Burton's temper."

| Tuesday, September 5, 2006

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