DAVID BECKHAM became enraged with a soccer fan who taunted him on Friday (24Sep10) over allegations he slept with a prostitute, just hours after h is attorneys launched a huge legal battle against the lurid claims.
Earlier this week (begs20Sep10), the sports superstar issued a statemen t vehemently denying a story in America’s In Touch Weekly magazine which suggested he hired former hooker Irma Nici in 2007.
As promised in his initial statement, Beckham instructed his lawyers to kick off a series of legal battles to combat the claims, filing papers a t Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (24Sep10).
In the documents, Beckham’s team targets editors at the magazine, execu tives at Bauer Publishing and 26-year-old Nici for libel, slander and int entional infliction of emotional distress.
Lawyers have reportedly located the ex-hooker at a hotel in New York, w here they are waiting to serve her with a writ, according to Britain’s Ne ws of the World.
The sportsman tried to put on a brave face at an L.A. Galaxy soccer mat ch just hours after the suit was filed on Friday, but as he made his way from the pitch to the locker room, a Galaxy supporter shouted "Stop with the prostitutes", prompting a fuming Beckham to stride over and demand th e fan to repeat himself.
In a video obtained by the News of the World, Beckham is heard growling , "Do you want to say it again? Do you want to say it again?", before loo king disgusted as he recognises the man is wearing his own team’s shirt, adding "You got a Galaxy shirt on! You got a Galaxy shirt on!" He then storms off, but turns around again to snap, "Say it to my face.
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