Snapper Gaetano Di Giovanni alleges his face was scratched and bruised after Campbell slapped him and hit him with her handbag while she was holidaying with tycoon boyfriend Vladislav Doronin on the island of Lipari last year (08).
Di Giovanni tells Italian newspaper La Repubblica, "First she hit with her bag, screaming at me and then she tried to slap me. I managed to avoid her - but her nails still got my eye.
"For a few seconds I could not see a thing. I could hear that her bodyguards and her boyfriend were trying to drag her away."
Campbell's spokesperson was unavailable for comment as WENN went to press.