Rihanna and Chris Brown have been slapped with a $1million lawsuit by photographer Luis Santana after he was knocked to the ground during a scuffle outside a club in Florida which was hosting Brown's 19th birthday party on 6 May this year.
Santana claims that he had snapped the pair getting out of a limousine outside the Vintage Ultra Lounge in St Petersburg, Miami but he was knocked to the ground by the stars' security people as he did so. In the resulting confusion, he claims his camera, and a lucrative photo of Rihanna and Brown together, was stolen, for which he is now claiming compensation from the stars.
Jonathan Hay, Rihanna's spokesman, dismissed the case, saying: "I do believe that this matter is completely blown out of proportion and I strongly believe that we need to focus on the positive things in the world, not the negative things. Sadly, we are living in a full-blown recession during this holiday season of giving - so let us try to give attention to the positive things in the world and focus on God and our families".