Celebrity Justice
Paparazzo Seriously Injured in Spears Madness

UPDATE: Miraculously, the victim was released from the hospital last night with only a tire mark on his arm. Not a single broken bone, and no internal injuries. Lucky guy!

TMZ has confirmed a paparazzo on a motorcycle has been injured while chasing Britney Spears.

The accident, first reported by That Other Blog, happened around 5:00 PM tonight, roughly a mile from the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel. Several cars were in line chasing the pop princess when one hit another photog on a motorcycle, throwing the rider off the bike and onto the road. We're told the rider was seriously injured and transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His current condition is unknown.

UPDATE: We're told that the injured person is what is known as a "spotter," and does not actually carry a camera. He will follow the star and tip off other photographers to her whereabouts. We hear he's fairly new to the Britney beat, only appearing on the scene in the past several days.



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46. Get real, you say Britney calculates her every move? I don't think so! I bet if you were in a spotlight yourself, you'd quickly find out!

Posted at 12:45AM on Nov 13th 2007 by BUNCH OF FANS STILL, BRIT!

47. I'M STILL ASKING, WHERE IS HER FATHER ????????

I JUST SAW THE LENO REPEAT TOO & ALL I CAN THINK IS WHAT A SHAME

Posted at 12:49AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Irene

48. joanie,

you are under the assumption she has the kids everyday. she does not so staying home and being a mom is pretty stupid.

1. Most stay at home moms are not locked up in their house and never go out.

2. when she doesn't have the kids she has every right to go out .

3. this has nothing to do with the post about the accident. Whether she calls them or not, she is not responsible for what happens to them as they chase her. This is competely the papz fault. Period.

Posted at 12:48AM on Nov 13th 2007 by chris

49. She's obviously addicted to attention. Young and NAIVE. TMZ and others leave her alone! She obviously has or had talent but, to feed her craving for attention is simply her new addiction, (the paps). ENOUGH!

Posted at 1:43AM on Nov 13th 2007 by matay

50. Good! I wish that happened to them all! They all claim to be doing a job..but they are all jerks..they should kill them all!!

Posted at 3:58PM on Nov 13th 2007 by cora

51. good...one less vulture on the town

Posted at 12:58AM on Nov 13th 2007 by jr

52. At least he wasn't the imbecile pap standing in the middle of the road (illegally) in front of oncoming cars - which was Britney's, flashing his camera in her windshield. Whether this guy is a spotter/tipster/pap, it's all the same to me. If they want to chase and hunt her down, they're responsible for their own craziness. Maybe next time, one of them will end up killing another pap.

Posted at 12:58AM on Nov 13th 2007 by SinCity

53. The papparazzi should hopefully get the message here; don't press too hard or you can get hurt.

HOWEVER...

This is also partly the fault of SLUT-NEY. It's common knowledge (backed up by TMZ video of her doing so which has been posted in several previous posts) that she calls the press before she goes anywhere, so as to create a "buzz" about her. In her twisted, delusional mind, this is supposedly a good thing. Unfortunately, she creates the envirornment where people do all sorts of things to get her picture, and they get hurt. Simply put, this guy would NOT be hurt if she hadn't called the press beforehand, to let them know exactly what she was planning to do. If I were his attorney, I'd subpoena every papparazzi there, I'd sue her ass bigtime, and I'd win.

Posted at 1:03AM on Nov 13th 2007 by It's SLUT-NEY's fault

54. I still love you brit., I love your chunky butt . forever.

Posted at 1:04AM on Nov 13th 2007 by dave

55. If Kevin Federline is such a goody 2 shoes and daddy of the year , then why doesnt he take care of his other children that he has with Shar Jackson ? Shar was pregnant with his son Kaleb when he left her to get with Britney ( you call that a loving daddy ? ) Shar has two children with Kevin – a daughter, Kori, born July 2002, and a son, Kaleb, born July 2004.
This worthless piece of crap of a so called man doesnt have a job , lives in a big fancy mansion , lives like to the fullest , parties up a storm and whos money is he living off of > BRITNEY SPEARS MONEY.
If any one thinks Kevin has Sean Preston or Jayden James best interest at heart , think again , all Kevin thinks about is Britneys money , if Britney was some poor girl with out money and fame , Kevin would long be gone and he would be on the non support dead beat list .
GET A JOB KEVIN FEDERLINE and quit living off BRITNEY SPEARS $ MONEY $

Posted at 1:07AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Its all about money for Kevin Federline the a$$hole

56. STOP following her.....You are going to hurt her and her kids...you must stop following her....the photogs are going to cause a terrible accident to happen to them...is this what the photogs are REALLY AFTER....too sick...

Posted at 1:29AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Sandra

57. one more quick fix before you call it a night jr?

Posted at 1:08AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Ima Bitch

58. Britney was wonderful on the Jay Leno re-run. I had forgotten what a great dancer she is and a good singer. She looked so beautiful. The crowd loved her and so did Leno. I hope her nightmare will be over soon and she can get back to her career.
Wish that deadbeat K-Fed would stop trying to drive her crazy. He is such a money mooching loser.
Speaking of losers, nitwit Rosie O'Donnell was just on Inside Edition trashing Dog. Rosie, of all people, should never put anyone down. I haven't figured out if Rosie is demented or makes stupid statements just to get attention.

Posted at 1:09AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Dale

59. WHY IS SHE DRIVING? I know. I know. She shouldn't have to give up driving because of the intruding ppzi. But, seriously we need to face the fact that Britney just isn't very bright at all right now. She does countless stupid things while behind the wheel of her car (and you can't blame them all on the ppzi). Face it. She is one dim bulb. She could pay for a full time driver at her beck and call 24/7 for less than the cost of her car and tickets and court fees. Plus think of all the time it has cost her. And all of the bad publicity. Britney has was is known as "wet brain syndrome" from all the drugs and booze. She can't think creatively. All she can do is repeat the same behaviors the same way she always does. She needs to stop zipping all over the place on her own. Jeeez. Order out. Have things delivered. Send other people to run your errands while you dry out. Everyone is saying, "I knew that was going to happen". Well, DUH! So now which do you think is easier? Which is more likely? Britney stays off the road? Or, dozens of photographers ALL decide to ignore their meal ticket while she drives around still banging into things? I think she could have a lot more fun if she just let someone else cart her butt around in a limo to begin with. I'm not going to worry about the guy who fell off the bike. You won't get hurt if you don't play in the street.

Posted at 1:10AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Bobby G

60. Has this world got to be totally ridiculous or what? Now we've got such an absurdly celebrity-obscessed 'culture' (If you wish to dignify this mess with such a term) that now paparazzi accidentally run over their colleagues, or scouts, or something, so quick and close is the chase. And for what? More pics of overexposed dodgy talents to divert the peasants (That's us) from the REAL events of the day, such as plans for the next round of war and repression.

People, wake up, quit buying the rag mags and start checking out what's really happening in this world, before it's too late. (The Romans had their 'bread and circuses' [food handouts and fight shows involving gladiators and/or various animals] and we have rag mags and 'reality' TV. Do you see a bit of a parallel here?)

Posted at 1:10AM on Nov 13th 2007 by grossness 54

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