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Bodyguard to Star Mag: You Got the Wrong Guy!

Posted Dec 3rd 2007 5:01PM by TMZ Staff

Talk about mistaken identity! Lindsay Lohan's former bodyguard, Andrae "Doc" Renard, is suing mad at Star magazine, claiming they ran his photo over an article that quotes a former bodyguard of Lilo's spilling the beans on her wild escapades. Problem is, it wasn't Doc who talked. Oops!
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The Star article, dated June 25, 2007, says "The drugs, the guns, the wild sex and the cutting -- the man who witnessed it all reveals Lindsay Lohan's darkest moments." Unfortunately, man who blabbed was a bodyguard named Lee Weaver, but instead they ran a photo of Renard!

Now Doc says his career as a bodyguard is "irreparably damaged" as a result of the "libelous use of his photograph." In a worse indignity, he's been "banned from entering certain elite Hollywood nightclubs."

UPDATE: Star magazine's Editor-in-Chief Candace Trunzo tell us they printed this retraction and issued the following statement to TMZ: As soon as STAR was notified that we identified the wrong bodyguard in the photo caption of the Lohan bodyguard tell-all, STAR immediately withdrew the article from its website, and corrected, retracted and apologized for the error (attached). The man who identified himself to us as Andrae "Doc" Newman (not the name of the plaintiff in the lawsuit) also demanded a million dollars for the mistake, which we simply believe is wildly excessive.

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1. FIRST and who cares.

Posted at 4:56PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by whatever

2. What s zipper head. If he was doing such a great job bodyguarding, how did LilO become such a train wreck.

Posted at 4:58PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by FlBiker

3. Get A Life...

Posted at 4:59PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by QUIT REMOVING MY POSTS....

4. 4

Posted at 5:00PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by QUIT REMOVING MY POSTS....

5. more blah blah lilo blah who cares blah blahhhh

Posted at 5:09PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by gorillaFART

6. Stop working for these Hollywood loser celebs and you won't have to worrry about your reputation.

Posted at 5:21PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by river rat

7.

Dearest TMZ ~ Please listen up:

TMZ ~ you're starting to suck. If you're going to go on "Nazi Post
Patrol" and delete half of what's posted - then you shouldn't even
bother with these boards!!!

There. I have spoken...

Posted at 5:35PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by YES to Free Speech ~ NO to Backs that are Wet....

8. Hey, #6 River Rat is the only genius on this site I've ever seen. Maintain reputable clients if you want to maintain a good reputation yourself. Otherwise, you are just another money whore that deserves what you get.

Posted at 5:37PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by Tired of it all

9. Imagine that....a gossip rag not checking their facts. I'm shocked and amazed!

Posted at 5:44PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by Get Real

10.

Please elaborate on the wild sex part - a fine start TMZ - but we need more.

Posted at 5:50PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by iNews

11.
TMZ - maybe you could set up Lindsay with Tony Romo since Jessica Simpson needs some competition.

Posted at 6:00PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by iL

12. he shoulda covered up lilo's beaver.

Posted at 6:19PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by bossman

13. Sorry, this was no "EXCLUSIVE."

Story was posted seven hours ago on Courthouse News Service. And TMZ knows it.

Posted at 6:39PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by felix

14.
"Bodyguard bares all - her sick secret lifestyle" - thanks - just now I filled out the same forms to sue the National Enquirer for linking me 2 times per day with Pam Anderson.

Posted at 7:07PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by iBodyguard

15. Look on the bright side dude: You're banned from entering certain Hollywood nightclubs. That's an indignity??

Posted at 6:55PM on Dec 3rd 2007 by Down With The Gold Standard - Ha Delete That One

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