Chris Brown's Bodyguards Pull a Chris Brown, Lawsuit Follows

Don't you love the irony in all this?! The same day that Chris Brown's defense video comes out where he says "Everybody that's haters, they just been haters," it looks like he's got another one.

Chris is being sued by a photographer who claims he was involved in a violent incident on a L.A. basketball court in March. Basically, Chris Brown's bodyguards pulled a Chris Brown!

The paparazzo claims that he was attacked just weeks after the Rihanna beating, when he took a picture of CB playing basketball with friends. The timeline on this completely makes sense. Chris Brown was supposed to be going for the sympathy vote weeks after his arrest and photos of him having fun could have been damaging. He already flexed his arms on a jet ski, so he didn't need any more bad PR. His bodyguards got physical.

The photog claims Chris' bodyguards yelled at him -- so he tried to leave the gym ... but an L.A. Fitness employee tried to block his escape. The photog says he then fell down a stairwell, which allowed the bodyguards to catch up with him -- where they, "picked him up by his shorts and physically assaulted him."

Now the man is suing Chris and LA Fitness for assault and battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and premises liability.

Coincidentally, this is the same guy who attempted to sue Pierce Brosnan over a violent incident with the star in Malibu -- but that case was dismissed.

Chris Brown lawyer, Mark Geragos, released this statement: "The is a specious and frivolous lawsuit by one of the paparazzi seeking publicity and a payday. He's done this before and lost. We will vigorously defend against this."