British tabloid the Daily Mail is reporting that shoppers enjoying London's exclusive Sloane Street were treated to a bizarre sight last weekend when archrivals Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich staged a very public showdown inside the luxury-goods boutique.
According to the Mail, Berezovsky, 61, was shopping in the designer shop Dolce & Gabbana when he spotted Abramovich, 41, in the Hermes store, two doors away.
The Russian tycoon then ordered one of his bodyguards to bring him a $10 billion legal writ for Abramovich from his limousine parked near the store. As Berezovsky headed into the Hermes shop, legal documents in hand, reports say that Abramovich's bodyguards tried to block him from entering the shop.
As both men's bodyguards scuffled with each other, the 61-year-old tycoon barged his way past them and confronted his former protégé and one-time partner.
According to an unidentified onlooker quoted in the Mail, Berezovsky told the owner of London's famous Chelsea soccer club, "I've got a present for you. This is for you, from me."
Abramovich's reported response was to pull his hands away, letting the legal documents fall straight to the floor.
