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Leona Lewis refuses extra security after attack at book signing
By Amar Singh Last updated at 09:23am on 29.10.09
Leona Lewis today said she has no plans to step up her security after she was punched in the face at a book signing.
The singer was speaking for the first time about the attack which happened as she autographed copies of her new book, Dreams.
Peter Kowalczyk, 29, had waited for hours at Waterstone's in Piccadilly to meet the X Factor winner but then allegedly punched her in the face.
Leona Lewis said she has no plans to employ a bodyguard after being attacked
Lewis, 24, said she was very shaken at the time but that it "could have been worse".
She said: "I'm still alive, it's just something you have to deal with when you have fame and the positives far outweigh the negatives."
And she said she had no plans to employ a bodyguard in light of the attack because she had people who "looked out" for her.
Kowalczyk was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
He was unfit to appear at a hearing at City of Westminster magistrates' court on Monday and is currently being examined by psychiatrists in secure accommodation at Lambeth hospital in south London.
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Reader views (2)
It must be really worrying for her to go out again in public after being attacked. Good on her for not letting it effect her outward appearance and carrying on as normal. A lot of respect to you young lady.
- Smb, London, UK
Bless. What a horrid thing for a young girl and respect to her for appearing to take it so well.
- Squiz, Islington
