MotoGP rider Marc Marquez in clash with Italian TV comedy show

Outgoing MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has filed an official complaint after he and his family were allegedly insulted and physically attacked at their home in Cervera near Barcelona

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MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain waves at photographers in Sepang, Malaysia. Photo: AP

Published: 11:15pm, 31 Oct 2015

Spanish MotoGP rider Marc Marquez says some of his relatives were physically assaulted by members of an Italian comedy show.

A statement to Spanish media on Saturday said “a group of people” used “a series of insults and humiliating actions” towards Marquez and “shoved and assaulted” close relatives in an incident on Friday. It did not specify any injuries.

We were attacked and in the struggle they broke the camera and took the memory card

Facebook post from TV show

However, the Italian television show Le Iene (The Hyenas) said on its Facebook page that two of its staff members were the ones attacked after trying to record a segment outside where the rider was staying.

The show published a photo of two people holding what appeared to be a broken video camera, and said they ended up going to hospital after the incident.

Jorge Lorenzo (99), Marc Marquez (93) and Valentino Rossi (46) compete in the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang. Photo: Reuters

The alleged incident comes as Italy’s Valentino Rossi is fighting for the MotoGP title with Spaniard’s Jorge Lorenzo.

Rossi has accused Marquez of trying to help his countryman in the title race. The Italian kicked Marquez while fighting for position and caused him to fall in a race last week.