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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search ADVERTISEMENT Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Top Stories Most Popular Photos Full Coverage Sitemap Dior suspends designer Galliano over anti-Semitic clash AFP - Saturday, February 26 Send IM Story Print Dior suspends designer Galliano over anti-Semitic clash PARIS (AFP) - – Fashion house Dior has suspended John Galliano after police questioned its flamboyant British star designer for allegedly verbally assaulting a couple and using anti-Semitic insults in a Paris bar. "The House of Dior declares with the greatest firmness its policy of zero tolerance with regard to any anti-Semitic or racist statement or attitude," Dior boss Sidney Toledano said in a statement. "Pending the outcome of the enquiry, Christian Dior has suspended John Galliano from all duties," said Dior, which is owned by Bernard Arnault, who also controls global luxury retailer LVMH. Galliano responded by bringing a suit for "defamation", his lawyer Stephane Zerbib said late Friday, just days before Paris Fashion Week starts. Galliano's lawyer told AFP the designer "formally denies the accusations of anti-Semitism made against him." Galliano "is not at all in this state of mind (and) will explain later," Zerbib said, adding that "legal action will be taken against those making such accusations." "There was an altercation, Mr Galliano was verbally attacked, but at no point did he make any such insults, and we have witness testimony that backs this up." Police briefly detained Galliano on Thursday evening in Paris' fashionable Marais district after he allegedly verbally accosted a couple in a bar. "The House of Dior declares with the greatest firmness its policy of zero tolerance with regard to any anti-Semitic or racist statement or attitude," Dior boss Sidney Toledano said in a statement. "Pending the outcome of the enquiry, Christian Dior has suspended John Galliano from all duties," said Dior, which is owned by Bernard Arnault, who also controls global luxury retailer LVMH. The altercation erupted at the La Perle cafe, popular with the gay and fashion community in the historically Jewish neighbourhood, between Galliano and a couple next to him at around 9:00 pm, a police source said. France's Europe 1 radio quoted the couple, a man and a woman, as alleging that Galliano used profanities and made an anti-Semitic slur and racist comments. Police detained him for questioning and tested his alcohol level before the designer was released and taken home by his driver pending possible charges. The couple brought a lawsuit against him, a police source said, but the prosecutor's office was unable to confirm this. German fashion magazine and website Sleek quoted witnesses as saying the altercation began when the couple made derogatory comments about Galliano when he sat next to them. Gibraltar-born Galliano, 50, took over the creative helm at Dior in 1996 and has been described as the driving force behind the label's 700 million euro annual profits. He would have been focused this week on preparing his fall-winter collections for Christian Dior and his own label during next week's Paris Fashion Week. It was not immediately clear what effect his suspension from Dior would have on the event. The moustachioed designer has styled himself publicly as a neo-modern Edwardian dandy, assuming rock star poses at the end of his shows. But backstage he is rather shy and more interested in discussing the technical aspects of his creations, of which he churns out an average of one a month. Galliano, born to a British plumber father and a Spanish mother, has been billed as one of the most influential designers of our time. He attended London's renowned Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, where his 1984 graduation show called "Les Incroyables" was themed on the 1789 French revolution. His often spectacular shows are inspired by history and his own travels around the world. He moved to Paris in 1993. 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