Battery

This…is…HOLLYWOOD!

300 star Gerard Butler has been charged with criminal battery after allegedly beating up a photographer last year.

According to court documents, Gerry got into a tousle with a paparazzo outside the premiere party for Guy Ritchie's film RocknRolla at Crown Bar in Hollywood. He is accused of attacking the photog and punching him in the mouth.

Representatives for the actor insist the photographer was stalking the star.

Butler is due to be arraigned on June 10th in a Los Angeles court.

—Sasha Perl-Raver

Chris Brown’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, told the LA Superior Court on Wednesday that he intends to file a motion to dismiss the assault case against Brown because of police leaks in the investigation.

He implied that the case had been tampered with because of the photo of a badly beaten Rihanna that surfaced on the internet.

Despicable.

Geragos, who previously defended Michael Jackson during his child molestation case, is the slimiest of the slime. He thinks questioning police conduct is going to allow his abusive, sociopathic client to slither through. Sickening.

Coolio has been charged with felony possession of cocaine base, misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor possession of a smoking device following his arrest at LAX on Friday.

The 45-year-old rapper was stopped in the Southwest Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport as he tried to go through security.

Authorities searched his baggage and allegedly found crack and a crack pipe. According to the incident report, Coolio grabbed one of the screener’s arms in an attempt to stop the search.