Snappers sue actresses Richards and Anderson

Two freelance photographers are suing Denise Richards and Pamela Anderson, charging Richards physically and verbally assaulted them when they tried to take her picture and that she and Anderson lied to authorities, the media and others about the confrontation.

According to the lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Richards and Anderson were at the River Rock Casino Resort in British Columbia, Canada, on November 9, 2006, to work on the forthcoming film “Blonde and Blonder”.

When Richards saw Scott Cosman and Rik Fedyck taking her picture, according to the suit, she became enraged, called them “paparazzi scum” and other names, assaulted them, seized their laptop computers and threw the laptops over a hotel balcony.

The confrontation, which lasted more than 20 minutes, was recorded by hotel security cameras, according to the photographers.

Afterward, they said, Richards and Anderson “made repeated false and defamatory statements to law enforcement and various media outlets which were deliberately calculated to embarrass, humiliate and ridicule the plaintiffs”.

Attorneys and representatives for Richards and Anderson did not immediately respond to emails and phone calls.

The photographers, who seek unspecified damages, said the incident caused them to lose revenue when clients abandoned them and also caused them emotional stress.