Singer Paul Simon and wife in court after shoving spat

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Grammy Award-winning singer Paul Simon, appeared in a court on Monday (April 28) with his wife, singer Edie Brickell, after a pushing match at their Connecticut home ended in charges for the pair.

Both singers faced a judge in Norwalk Superior Court after their weekend arrest by New Canaan police on disorderly conduct charges stemming from the family dispute.

SOUNDBITE Paul Simon saying (English):

"The both of us are fine together. Neither one of us are going to go back home today, we're going to go watch our son play baseball. We had a disagreement and it's a-typical of us. Neither one of us has any fear or any reason to feel threatened. And I don't feel like I need to be protected."

Brickell, 48, agreed, telling the judge, "He is no threat to me at all."

The altercation occurred at a cottage on their New Canaan property, the couple's attorney said. The couple got into a dispu

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