Ok, so when you apply for the job of celebrity stalker, a.k.a. the position of a paparazzo, you damn well better know the hazards of the job.

If you’re being a pain in the ass, you had better expect the celebs bodyguard to give you a swift kick in the ass – or worse.

That’s exactly what photographer Emicles Da Mata had happen to him.

Mr. Da Mata filed suit in a Los Angeles court Monday claiming that David Beckham and his bodyguard roughed him up last December while snapping shots of the star.

Da Mata says that Beckham reached into his car and forcefully tried to take his camera from him. He also says that Beckham’s bodyguard beat the hell out of him before throwing his camera into a garbage bin.

He is suing for assault and battery, and of course, emotional distress.

[WENN]