Louis Tomlinson's in for a Fight, Paparazzo No Stranger to Scuffles, Lawsuits
Louis Tomlinson He's In for a Fight Paparazzo No Stranger to Scuffles, Lawsuits
Louis Tomlinson is in for a legal battle with the paparazzo he allegedly attacked ... because the guy has sued in the past for a similar incident.
TMZ broke the story ... Karl Larsen -- the photog who says Tomlinson smashed his head on the floor Friday at LAX -- sued a company that produced a Lana Del Rey music vid in 2013, claiming 3 of its employees roughed him up for snapping pics of the shoot.
Larsen was taking photos of LDR near the L.A. river when 3 men from Black Hand Cinema allegedly accosted him. As you can see from the video ... things got pretty intense.
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Larsen claimed the men shoved and jerked him and used a box cutter to slice his finger and take his camera ... then made him erase the memory card. He sued for $1 million, but the case was later dismissed ... which is generally code for settlement.
As we reported, Larsen has already lawyered up in the Tomlinson case, hiring Gloria Allred.
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We're guessing Tomlinson's legal team will do what it takes to get Larsen's Howard Stern interview before the jury.