A Paparazzi photographer was shot outside a Malibu house that Britney Spears is renting. The photographers were at her Malibu house Saturday in force to cover a Baby Shower for Britney that was taking place inside.
Photographers have said that her security were not too pleased to have everyone around here house. There were Paparazzi helicopters flying around occasionally up above and a lot of Paparazzi on the ground in front of her house trying to see who arrived. The security seemed agitated. Then around 6:00 pm one of the security guards who was either playing around or purposely trying to hurt or scare them fired a pellet gun at the group of photographers.
Brad Diaz who is a freelance photographer, based in LA was hit in the leg by the pellet. With the pellet lodged in his leg, the Malibu Fire Dept was called as well as an ambulance which took Mr. Diaz to a Santa Monica Hospital.
He was released a few hours later with the pellet still lodged about an inch deep in his leg. Doctors were afraid that they might cause more damage to his leg by taking it out right now, so they decided to leave the pellet in.
The security guard was questioned by police but was not arrested.
This is a travesty of justice and shows how hated the Paparazzi are in LA. The security guard should have been arrested for firing the pistal at the photographer. But, the police don't like the Paparazzi in Malibu and seem to be saying that it is OK for security to shoot a photographer and not get into trouble for it.
If a photographer had done the same thing he would have been thrown in jail probably for a long time. This is one sided justice.
Celebrities and the people who work for them should be held accountable just like everyone else for illegal activity. And, shooting someone with a pellet gun should be considered illegal activity. The celebrities should not be given special privilages which happens a lot in this town.
LA needs to wake up to the problem between the celebrities and the Paparazzi. In the last few months there have been quite a number of incidents between celebrities and the Paparazzi. And, tension between the two groups and the types of accidents between them are becoming more dangerous.
People should realize sooner or later someone is going to get hurt very badly. Everyone, says they don't want that. The Paparazzi all think that there can be a problem down the road, but they are unwilling to control themselves. The celebrities are complaining that there could be a serious accident yet they make the Paparazzi chase them by speeding. And, both side are frustrated and angry.
It seems no one in Hollywood wants an accident to happen. Yet, everyone wants someone else to solve the problem. Neither side wants to get involved in helping solve the situation.
Celebrities and Paparazzi have to face up to the fact that there is a dangerous problem in this town between them and they have to come up with some kind of truce between them.
And, the self appointed "blowhards", Ok, spokespersons for the two groups, Paparazzo, Frank Griffin and Publicist, Ken Sunshine should each find someone with a little more intelligence who doesn't sound so egotistical to speak for each of them.
Celebrities don't realize that they need the photographers they despise because these guys fill the magazines with photos that the public wants. And, as long as the public wants to read about the celebrity, they will spend the obscene amounts of money to go see the mediocre movies and buy the mediocre CD's some of the top celebrities put out.
Saturday, August 06, 2005
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