( CNN ) -- Amid British tabloid reports over the weekend that celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was grabbed around the neck by her husband , Charles Saatchi , London police said Monday that a man accepted a warning related to the case . London 's Metropolitan Police say a 70-year-old man `` accepted a caution for assault '' at a police station on Monday afternoon . Police did not name the man , but several UK media outlets named him as Saatchi . `` Officers from the community safety unit at Westminster were aware of the Sunday People article which published on Sunday 16th June and carried out an investigation , '' a Metropolitan Police spokesman told CNN . `` This afternoon Monday 17th June , a 70-year-old man voluntarily attended a central London police station and accepted a caution for assault , '' the spokesman said . CNN contacted Saatchi 's company for comment but has not received a response . According to a UK government website , a caution is issued for minor crimes . Opinion : The rich and famous are not immune to domestic abuse . `` Cautions are given to adults aged 18 or over for minor crimes - eg writing graffiti on a bus shelter , '' the website says . `` You have to admit an offence and agree to be cautioned . If you do n't agree , you can be arrested and charged . `` A caution is not a criminal conviction , but it could be used as evidence of bad character if you go to court for another crime . '' Sunday People , part of the stable of tabloids published by the Mirror Group , published the photos Sunday of Lawson and Saatchi at a restaurant . The tabloid 's website includes the caption : `` Nigella Lawson attacked in public by Charles Saatchi . '' Earlier a representative for Lawson confirmed that the chef and her children had moved out of their home . Saatchi also denied the reports of an attack in another British newspaper . `` About a week ago , we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children , and I held Nigella 's neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasize my point , '' Saatchi , an art dealer and former advertising mogul , told The Evening Standard . `` There was no grip , it was a playful tiff . The pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place . Nigella 's tears were because we both hate arguing , not because she had been hurt , '' he added . `` We had made up by the time we were home . The paparazzi were congregated outside our house after the story broke yesterday morning , so I told Nigella to take the kids off till the dust settled . '' The restaurant involved told CNN that its employees did not witness any such incident . Lawson 's Facebook page is filled with messages from fans expressing their support for her . Lawson is known as the `` queen of food porn . '' She has written numerous successful cookbooks and hosted TV shows . Watch a CNN interview with Nigella Lawson . CNN 's Richard Greene and Bharati Naik contributed to this report .
NEW : A man accepted a warning related to the alleged incident , UK police say . Lawson and her children have moved out of their home , a spokesman says . Lawson 's husband , Lawson , denies a report that he attacked her . the weekend People published photos of Metropolitan Police 's hand apparently holding Lawson 's neck .