Daughter of billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson pushes reporter and grabs camera at Republican convention

The daughter of America's seventh richest man pushed a news producer and threw his colleague's camera to the ground during an angry outburst at the Republican National Convention.

The storm happened when Democracy Now! producer Mike Burke and his cameraman attempted to interview the wealthy Republican donator Sheldon Adelson and his daughter backstage on the last night of the three-day convention.



But clearly taking offence, the woman, who was only identified as Mr Adelson's daughter, is captured on camera shouting at the journalists to 'get off me - I'll hit you' before pushing back on the producer.

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Sheldon Adelson's daughter, pictured, turns round to confront the producer and his cameraman and threatens to hit them as they attempt to interview her

While the footage is shaky, Mr Burke later said she grabbed the camera from his colleague and attempted to carry it into a suite where she was watching the rally, before dropping it on the floor.

Mr Burke's cameraman is heard exclaiming: 'I did not touch her' before Burke shouted: 'She just grabbed our camera. This woman grabbed our camera.'

Casino business tycoon Mr Adelson has pledged to spend as much as $100million of his $24.9billion fortune on the Republican campaign, fronted by presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

In an interview afterwards with Amy Goodman, the host of the American politics show Democracy Live!, Mr Burke later said he was shocked by the incident, which happened on Wednesday night at the event held in Tampa Bay, Florida.



The producer had interviewed Sheldon Adelson, pictured, seconds before the outburst happened backstage at the convention

Producer for Democracy Now! Mike Burke later told the show's host Amy Goodman that he was 'shocked' by what happened

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, left, has pledged to give up to $100million dollars to the Republican campaign, fronted by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right



He said: 'We attempted to ask (Sheldon Adelson) a question and got two questions in and then what happened really shocked me.

'A woman that was standing right behind Sheldon Adelson who apparently was his daughter stopped and then forcibly pushed herself back into me, where I lost my footing.'

The woman later came out of the private suite and apologised to the producer.



The journalists, who had interviewed a number of other politicians and supporters backstage before approaching Mr Adelson, said they were keen to speak to the billionaire who has played a 'critical role' in this year's election so far.

The incident ahead of the key moment in the convention which saw Mitt Romney formally accept the Republican presidential nomination, telling voters that the Obama era had to end.