Kanye West Will Get Away With Assaulting Another Paparazzo By Paying The Guy Off

July 25, 2013 by Hollywoodite

Kanye West has a hilariously storied history of beating the Yeezus out of photographers then sliding a little money their way to make the charges go away.

He seems particularly testy with TMZ.com’s paparazzi but he’ll beat up and try to destroy the property of just about anybody because he knows he can without consequences. Evidently, he’s been proven right once again.

He recently beat up the paparazzo who, it turns out, is the guy whom Britney Spears attacked with an umbrella during her breakdown (he put the damaged car and the umbrella up for sale on eBay at the time… really).

More specifically, though, West tried to wrest away the guy’s camera by putting the guy in a headlock and forcing it out of his hands. It didn’t work, the guy ended up on the floor, and it looked like West might be headed toward a big fat lawsuit.

But, surprising no one, West got away with another crime. But paying the guy off.

Kanye West must have a really good lawyer, because law enforcement sources tell us it’s virtually certain he will not be charged with any crime in connection with last week’s paparazzo attack.

Here’s the way we’re told it will play out.

LAPD robbery detectives are investigating the photog’s allegation that Kanye tried to steal his camera, but our sources say that dog won’t hunt. The D.A. will never charge Kanye with felony attempted robbery, because there’s no proof he tried to pilfer the camera at LAX.

We’re told cops will send the attempted robbery file to the D.A. and they expect it will be rejected within days.

The next step: the file goes to the L.A. City Attorney for a possible misdemeanor criminal battery prosecution. But here’s why that won’t happen. We’re told Kanye is willing to ante up some cash to make the case go away, and it’s perfectly legal. It’s called a civil compromise and it’s done everyday.

So Kanye will skate and probably attack another photog. The end. – via TMZ.