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Posted Nov 12th 2009 9:22AM by TMZ Staff
This is what it looks like when Mike Tyson punches you in the face.
Paparazzo Tony Echevarria got into it with Tyson yesterday afternoon at LAX. Both men were arrested. Tyson was taken to the police station ... Echevarria went to the hospital.
Tyson's lawyer, David Chesnoff, claims the photog was harassing Tyson, his wife and kid. Chesnoff claims some photogs followed the ex-champ into the bathroom, though he didn't say if Echevarria was one of them.
The photog got 5 stitches.
Pretty ironic -- his t-shirt says, "Live Long."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Paparazzi Photo, Talk Sports, Fights, Exclusives
Tags: arrest, battery, boxing, citizens arrest, CitizensArrest, lax, los angeles international airport, LosAngelesInternationalAirport, mike tyson, MikeTyson, tony echevarria, TonyEchevarria
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 2:35PM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West got swift justice this AM -- thanks in part to TMZ -- and the judge in his LAX vandalism case said he'll dismiss all 3 misdemeanors against him after Kanye gets a dose of community service.
West's lawyer, Blair Berk, delivered a blistering attack on the paparazzi, scolding them for inciting celebs, going to churches for intrusive shots ... pretty much claiming they're responsible for all the wars in the world.
Berk says both Kanye and co-defendant Don Crowley (Kanye's manager) are "remorseful" for their conduct and have submitted to anger management counseling -- this, after breaking two cameras in a fit of anger at the airport.
Berk says this matter was "wildly overcharged" as a battery and vandalism case.
Deputy L.A. City Attorney Felton Newell disputed the notion the case was overcharged, claiming the defendants acted with "reckless disregard," adding the video shows "an intent to commit a felony."
Berk appeared without her client and noted that TMZ had settled its beef with Kanye because West paid for the camera he broke at LAX on Sept. 11, 2008. The judge agreed -- saying if TMZ didn't want to press charges, it didn't make a lot of sense to carry on with the case.
And speaking of Sept. 11th...the two lawyers got into a fight over whether the prosecutor was exploiting the date by saying it elevated the seriousness of the offense -- i.e., going nuts at a major airport.
In the end, the judge felt since the defendants enrolled in an anger management program, he said he'll dismiss the charges when they both serve 50 hours of community service. But he added Kanye's conduct was not acceptable.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Kanye West
Tags: battery, blair berk, BlairBerk, crime, don crowley, DonCrowley, kanye west, KanyeWest, lax, los angeles international airport, LosAngelesInternationalAirport, settlement, vandalism
Posted Nov 2nd 2006 1:09PM by TMZ Staff
A TMZ staffer spotted America's sweetheart, Jennifer Aniston, as she created a massive mess at LAX, making her one of America's most guarded celebrities.
The star of "The Break-up" flew in from a London visit with Vince Vaughn, and was whisked through the terminal by a phalanx of at least ten officers on bikes and foot--a bit excessive? Our guy reports that the scene looked like an in-progress bomb threat with all the cops and police cars surrounding the building. What makes the ordeal a little peculiar is that she could have avoided all the chaos by going out the back way like other big names do all the time... but then there'd be no cop photo op!
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Jennifer Aniston, Fly Me
Tags: cops, jennifer aniston, JenniferAniston, LAX, london, los angeles international airport, LosAngelesInternationalAirport, mess, mob, officers, vince vaughn, VinceVaughn
