Another Meltdown for Michael Richards?

Lawsuit alleges brutal attack on photographer
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 11, 2010 12:18 PM CDT
Another Meltdown for Michael Richards?
Actor Michael Richards attends the DVD Release Party for the first three seasons of 'Seinfeld' held on November 17, 2004 at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City.   (Getty Images)

Michael Richards, infamous for his N-word-laden 2006 rant (which he later parodied), may have had another meltdown. The Seinfeld star is being sued by a photographer for allegedly beating him up in Los Angeles on Aug. 25, TMZ reports. According to the suit, Richards approached the snapper in a “menacing manner … with closed fists” before allegedly punching him in the face, pushing him to the ground, and kicking him “numerous times.”
(More Michael Richards stories.)

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