Smack down!

If it were me, I’d be way too embarrassed to admit that I was bitch-slapped by Yanni, the New Age musician who for years dated Linda Evans, also known as Krystle Carrington on Dynasty. But apparently, my opinion isn’t shared by Silvia Barthes , his current flame (until last week, at least) who called the police last Thursday after, according to her statement, Yanni slapped her during a fight the two were having at his Florida home. Yanni has since been released, but ordered to avoid contact with Silvia, as well as check in on a daily basis with police.

A story posted on www.miamiherald.com says the fists began flying after Yanni, um, requested (rather forcefully, it appears) that Silvia move out of the home she had been sharing with him for the last year and a half in Manalapan, an affluent community in Palm Beach Country. The ensuing argument quickly turned physical, with Yanni shaking and slapping Silvia and Silvia, in return, kicking Yanni in the groin. It ended when she locked herself in the bathroom and telephoned police for assistance. Yanni was charged with committing domestic battery.

When asked to comment about the charges, Yanni’s attorney Orlando Gonzalez expressed his support for his client, stating, ''He absolutely is not guilty and did not strike that woman.'' He also commented that, "the last thing this man would want to do is hurt his hands" (heaven forbid there’s no new Yanni album this year). The case is now with the district attorney who will decide how to proceed with the charges. Perhaps a sentence that involves his own meditative music?