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Cristian de la Fuente Sued: From DWTS to SOB

Posted May 1st 2008 1:24PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Cristian de la Fuente is being sued by a man who claims the injured hoofer ran him over after throwing a hissy fit at a Beverly Hills Porsche dealership.

According to the suit, which will be filed later this morning in L.A. County Superior Court, de la Fuente was at the car place on June 29, 2007, where he parked his car in the service department, blocking other customers.

The lawsuit claims he was asked to move the car, then "in a huff, jumped in his Audi and without looking, hastily put his vehicle into reverse and accelerated into the Plaintiff."

Kazuo Kimura claims he was "knocked to the ground and sustained serious injuries for which surgical intervention has been recommended."

The suit claims de la Fuente "showed no remorse" and "blamed the plaintiff for standing behind his vehicle and then refused to provide his license and insurance information."

The cops came and no citations were issued.

Calls to de la Fuente's rep were not immediately returned.

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16. I have known the Plaintiff - Mr. Kazuo Kimura for over 6 years now and i have been following this case very close. He has been a victim of another celebrity negligence and has been receiving medical treatment for almost an year. During that time he has been paying all the expenses out of his own pocket without receiving a penny from Mr. Cristian de la Fuente. It is Mr. Kimura's decision now to take action and try to collect the money that he spent for his recovery. I believe he has every right to look for justice in this whole situation.

Posted at 3:09PM on May 1st 2008 by Mr. Stoimenov

17. Mr. Stoimenov, I'd just like to know why is it that he is now asking for money. I just find it very suspicious that now that Cristian is on tv, all of the sudden, your friend goes to court? Why didnt he do it before? Im no fan of Cristian, I'd never heard of him before, but this just seems weird. 10 months have passed by, how do we know something unrelated to the "accident" happend to your "friend" (Nice try Mr. Kimura) and now, he wants Cristian to pay for it?

Posted at 3:19PM on May 1st 2008 by Yeah Right

18. Stoimena, is your friend a photographer???If he heard them ask Cristian to move his car, why didn't he get out of the way?Sound like he either had a camera in his face, or he get's hit by cars for insurance money for a living. Did the insurance company figure it out, is that why they didn't settle. I am sure Cristian's lawyer is going to see figure it out if he get's hit every 2 or 3 years. Shame on him for taking advantage of someone who comes from a place that probably doesn't know that scam. But we know all about that stuff here. What a sad little person he are. I do hope they put him in his place. By the next car that is. Although I still think he was trying to get a pic. Does he by any Ihei? Does he know Asahi Shimbun Company publisher of Asahi Shimbun and the magazine Asahi Camera. Is he going for the Domon Ken Award?

Posted at 10:23PM on May 1st 2008 by jojobloe smokeupyourass

19. This guy knows what he's doing by suing. Now that De La Fuente is on DWTS, and people in America know who he is (I had never heard of him before), the plaintiff knows that he's likely to settle to avoid the bad publicity. Of COURSE he's out for money. That's the whole purpose of a civil suit.

Posted at 3:11PM on May 2nd 2008 by DWTSviewer

20. it's funny how everyone is like omg this crap is so "bogus" & im tired of all the same crap. But yet you guys all took the time to click on the story and read it. smh.

Posted at 10:17AM on May 5th 2008 by Stephanie

21. YES dallas- there are alot of us ASIANS in california, does that bother you? And Mr. kimura is not just now sueing the fool chilean, it's up to his lawyer to see if there is a case to go through with the process. Asians are not known to be pretentious or unlawful. I hope that delafuente gets his butt sued! but, for sure that people see him for what he is....A PHONY...and so is his dancing partner-the 'prancing in the bars' queen. Thank You Mr. Stoimenov for your input, Mr. Kimura is a decent man and well loved. dallas- what do you have to say about the fake injury to get sympathy votes for cristian? it's disgusting to us...see it's people like burke that makes us asians/filipinos look bad, we are not like that!

Posted at 10:14PM on May 2nd 2008 by L.A.asians

22. You people are ridiculous, you want to call Mr. Kimura's story as being a 'fake' but yet you don't see or question that cristian and cheryl are faking the injury ...unbelievable...this is when we are so VERY PROUD to be ASIANS!!!! and this cristian is becoming famous? for what? next month you won't even hear of him. smokeupyourass-and we believe that's how you think-Mr. Kimura is not out for money, do you understand the meaning of being compensated? wwe didn't think so. By the way, most of us graduated from USC,UCLA,SD STATE,FRESNO STATE, and one great guy from BIOLA!!!!

Posted at 10:56PM on May 2nd 2008 by lil tokyoL.A.

23. If the cops showed up and NO CITATIONS were given out, then obviously they didn't find him at fault or negligent. They would have arrested him for vehicular manslaughter on the spot if it was TRUE that Cristian ran over the guy. Boy, all kinds of opportunists are suddenly crawling out of the woodwork, aren't they?

Posted at 9:09PM on May 5th 2008 by Whatever, Mr. Stoimenov!

24. #23-manslaughter? your not too bright are you? now we really hope Mr.Kimura sues cristian's butt and WINS big time!!!! cristian already admitted he hit Mr. Kimura, where have you been trying to say IF this happened. You must be from Chile too!

Posted at 11:26PM on May 5th 2008 by Mr.Kimura Fans

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Posted at 5:38PM on May 12th 2008 by PHIL'S ISLANDS

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