scottie pippen being sued for $4 million when fight

Scottie Pippen

 former chicago bulls star scottie pippen is currently being sued over a fight last month at an upscale southern california restaurant that left an autograph-seeker hospitalized with the use of a head injury. the $4 million lawsuit filed thursday in la superior court says 49-year-old plaintiff camran shafighi merely asked pippen and get a photograph as a result of his girlfriend’s 12-year-old son.

instead, the suit says, shafighi got a “brutal and unjustified physical attack” that included spit in the face area, a shove, while a punch that sent shafighi to actually the bottom. “at no time did or may mr. shafighi physically provoke or fight back, as he was knocked unconscious with the very first few blow, ” the lawsuit says.

sheriff’s officers, who were still investigating the incident, aforementioned pippen voluntarily came inside station to actually be questioned and was cooperative. he wasn't arrested and no charges are filed. investigators for the time aforementioned that pippen had been dining june 23 with his family at nobu, a restaurant by the beach in malibu frequented by celebrities.

shafighi was taking pictures of pippen within the restaurant then outside within the whole car parking zone, investigators aforementioned. sheriff’s spokesman steve whitmore aforementioned many witnesses described shafighi as intoxicated.

an argument ensued that led to actually violence, investigators aforementioned. shafighi was taken to the hospital with the use of a head injury, treated and released. a phone message left once business hours for pippen’s attorney mark geragos wasn't immediately returned.

the 47-year-old pippen won six nba titles with michael jordan and therefore the bulls, and in 1996, was named one of the many nba’s 50 greatest players. he was inducted straight into the basketball hall of fame in 2010. pippen currently serves as special adviser to actually the bulls’ president and chief operating officer.