Egyptian actress Zeina and her sister have denied charges of assaulting and insulting an American family.
The two appeared in Dubai court of misdemeanours on Tuesday.
According to a Khaleej Times report, the 38-year-old celebrity and her 41-year-old sister attacked and insulted the man and his wife last June when they thought the family was filming them on video during their outing at Dubai Atlantis's Gold Lounge.
"I swear to god that these people are not telling the truth. I am a famous actress and I wouldn't and haven't attacked anyone before," Zeina told the judge in court.
According to Zeina's recollection of the incident, she and her sister saw a group of people taking videos and pictures of them. When the two requested them to stop filming they attacked them.
Zeina's defence lawyer presented a medical report stating that his clients suffered bruises in several parts of their bodies as a result of the attack.
However, according to the tourist's version of the story, he heard the actress screaming at his daughter in Arabic telling her she was an animal. He then approached her and told her his daughter didn't speak Arabic. "She shifted to English and cursed all of us using very foul language," he told officers.
However, the lawyer who represented the tourist and his wife told the court that both sisters had been previously involved in similar cases.
"The actress was sentenced to a month in jail by an Egyptian court for assault few years back, and in another case, Zeina and her sister were charged with assaulting journalists," said the lawyer.
A verdict in the case is expected on January 24.