Train Wrecks
"CSI" Star Beats the Living Crap Out of TMZ Photog

Who knew the CS in CSI stood for c**ksucker?

Resident "CSI" douchebag Gary Dourdan pulled a Woody Harrelson last night -- unleashing a brutal, unprovoked attack on a TMZ cameraman outside of the most celeb-packed nightclub in Hollywood.


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.

As Dourdan launched his attack, other paparazzi can be heard screaming at Gary, desperately trying to make him stop. Moments after the assault, Dourdan threatened our photog again, saying, "I know all the cops around here, they're my friends."

Our photog took his chances and filed a police report anyway.



Tags: gary dourdan, GaryDourdan

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61. If somebody sticks a camera in MY face and I ask them to turn it off, they better comply, or they will be wearing it for a back-up light.

Posted at 12:25PM on Jul 18th 2007 by ZZChuck

62. TMZ YOU TRY TO ACT INNOCENT LIKE YOU DID NOTHING WRONG YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT!!! SERIOUSLY DON'T APPOLOGIZE I HOPE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS CHOKE AND DIE!!!

Posted at 5:06AM on Jul 21st 2007 by Ayla

63. Another ungrateful Prick!!

Posted at 12:31PM on Jul 18th 2007 by scorpiotwin

64. TMZ- you lose all "credibility" (and I use that term very loosely concerning your website) with your bogus headline and story. The video is proof that the guy asked your photog to stop filming and he didn't stop. All the other photogs were telling him to stop and he didn't. Geez, the actor even said "please!"

TMZ is becoming more and more like sleazy X17 as each day passes. What a shame.

Posted at 12:39PM on Jul 18th 2007 by whatever

65. Oh yeah, and the CSI guy should totally sue your website for slander by posting a false, misleading story and headline.

Posted at 12:45PM on Jul 18th 2007 by whatever

66. I hope his cops friends take the time to tell him that assault is illegal. He ought to know that already, but maybe he thinks the law doesn't apply to semi-famous people.

Posted at 6:17PM on Jul 18th 2007 by Brink

67. Man TMZ, you have some ugly people working for you.

Posted at 12:50PM on Jul 18th 2007 by Joey

68. Oh get over it - all jobs have their risks - and one risk of being a nosy paparazzi is sometimes you get knocked around. Oh well, take it as it comes. If I was having a bad day and some idiot got in my face with a camera, I would smash it, no question.
Oh and he is most definitely hot.

Posted at 1:29PM on Jul 18th 2007 by Lor

69. hahahahahahahahahaha. Finally your getting what's been coming to you for a long ass time tmz.com. I hope everybody follows my lead to bring you down

Posted at 12:58PM on Jul 18th 2007 by Gary Dourdan

70. This is getting a little too out of hand.. Gary asked the photog to stop & he didn't.. I'm sure he didnt stop because he KNEW Gary was gonna go off on him & he just HAD TO GET IT ON CAMERA.... TMZ..I do like your website, but I do not like when you INTENTIONALLY upset a celebrity just to get a reaction on camera or film to your own gain...& really..did you have to file a lawsuit??.. can you say "DRAMA QUEENS"..HAHAHA..

Posted at 10:55AM on Jul 19th 2007 by James

71.
Ya know....Gary said..." turn off the camera"...and I'm sorry, but the TMZ PHOTOG provoked that altercation LOOKING for exactly this.

Most disrespectful and the PHOTOG should be fired!!!!!

Posted at 1:07PM on Jul 18th 2007 by He said he did not want his picture taken

72. Right on, Gary. I'd shake your hand if I didn't think you'd slap my own face with it. I love a good pap/pseudo photog beatdown story!! Thanks, TMZ!!!!!

Posted at 1:26PM on Jul 18th 2007 by JaneSays

73. bravo to the csi guy maybe the photogs will take the hint the stars some privacy and give them a chance to be human. i hope you got a hit in for all the other people tmz has bugged

Posted at 8:20AM on Jul 19th 2007 by itsmemom

74. Personally, meaning me, as a person, I could not care one iota what happens to any celebrity, or wannabe, or paparazzo. Wow, how talented someone has to be to take 9,000 pictures of a drunken celeb, or wannabe and then hope someone else buys it. What a great job - get up at 11:00 at night and go stand around a street corner waiting for some drunk drugged up celeb to do something stupid.

Posted at 1:42PM on Jul 19th 2007 by stanley

75. Good job by Dourdan.

Posted at 6:11PM on Jul 19th 2007 by Blaise

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