TMZ Cameraman Victim Of Vicious C-Lister Attack

Mark — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:47:23 EDT

TMZ.com's Starcatcher team, the internet's leading documentarians of the weave-scalping, paparazzi-hospitalizing atrocities being committed each night outside of Hollywood's most exclusive safe-harbors for violent insurgents, found themselves caught up in the brutality they so faithfully capture on video each night when the crew tragically wandered within pummeling range of an agitated C-lister. An excerpt from their report on a run-in with CSI star Gary Dourdan follows:

Clad in leather biker gear, Dourdan violently grabbed our photog outside Hyde, who the actor had mistaken for another guy, and slammed him to the pavement several times, sending his head bouncing into concrete over and over again — all while his camera continued to roll.

The chaos began after Dourdan pulled up to the club on his Ducati motorcycle, and shouted at the photog to "get that f**king camera out of my face!" The photog obliged, pointing the camera to the ground — but Dourdan's rage continued to grow, and the cameraman kept the record button on just in case something happened. Moments later, something happened.

This regrettable incident is just another disturbing reminder of the dangers of being out in Hollywood after dark. Even in seemingly safe, well-populated areas like the sidewalks outside of trendy drinking establishments or the inside of world-famous comedy clubs, the possibility of a head-splitting, Lovitizian beatdown always looms.

"CSI" Star Beats the Living Crap Out of TMZ Photog [TMZ]
Previously: Today In Amazing Catfights: The Les Deux Parking Lot Brawl [Defamer]

When Freelance Bodyguards And Paparazzi Clash, TMZ Is There

Mark — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:13:30 EDT

Not long after dodging D-lister-piercing ordinance in the hot zone outside of the Roosevelt Hotel, TMZ.com's utterly fearless Starcatcher mobile video team once again found themselves knee-deep in the shit last night, documenting a vicious brawl that erupted outside an ESPYs afterparty at Skybar when a pair of gentlemen decided to audition for Rumer Willis bodyguard duty by engaging some paparazzi in hand-to-hand combat.

Fortunately, no gunplay was involved this time, but the photographer who caught the worst of the beating "was treated for three cracked ribs, a possibly dislocated shoulder and a concussion" at the hospital, an ER trip that TMZ's hyper-vigilant cameras failed to capture on video because of a tip involving some cross words between one of Duff sisters and a Hyde valet that needed immediate investigation.

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TMZ Cameraman Victim Of Vicious C-Lister Attack

When Freelance Bodyguards And Paparazzi Clash, TMZ Is There