If nothing else, Britney Spears has never been accused of stepping on anybody's toes.A grieved paparazzo has sued the Circus star for rolling over his foot with her Mercedes convertible in 2007, a headline-grabber that was captured on video and was one of a trio of incidents in which a vehicle being driven by Spears left a tire tread on someone's tootsy, including one belonging to a sheriff's deputy.
Shutterbug Ricardo Mendoza, who was employed by TMZ at the time, did not press charges; instead, he filed a lawsuit Friday claiming assault, battery and negligence.
Spears "intentionally, deliberately, wantonly, maliciously and with a conscious disregard for the rights, health, and safety of others" drove her car in a way that caused her to "drive, push, ram and/or barrel through a crowd of people...severely injuring plaintiff," the complaint states.
He's asking for unspecified damages for the Oct. 18, 2007, incident, which occurred as he tried to get a shot of Spears as she was leaving the parking lot of a medical office in Beverly Hills.
No charges were ever filed in any of Spears' three rollover cases but, as hindsight is 20/20, it was a sure sign that something was amiss. Sure enough, Spears was hospitalized twice that following January, the second time resulting in her existing conservatorship.
