A court hearing began last week regarding allegations made by a US man against Snoop Dogg and his entourage in relation to an altercation at a 2005 gig in Seattle.
Richard Monroe Jr claims that, after he'd jumped on stage at the gig and tapped the hip hopper on the shoulder, Snoop himself hit him with his microphone. An not entirely unreasonable spur-of-the-moment response to a sudden stage invasion, you might argue, though Monroe also claims that he was then taken backstage and given a brutal beating at the hands of Snoop's security team.
Monroe, who is seeking a massive $22 million in damages in his civil case against the rapper, told the court on Friday: "I was getting punched, kicked, kicked, punched. It was brutal. I was really in shock. I couldn't believe it". The court was also shown a video of some of the altercation.
Snoop's lawyer justified his client's own response by saying that when Monroe jumped on stage the hip hopper believed he was being attacked, rather than being tapped on the back by a fan. As for the backstage beating, he argued that the claimant's injuries were not "evidence of someone who was savagely beaten".