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Lil Wayne Sued Over Skateboard Attack

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Lil Wayne is being sued by Alfredo Marino, a Downey, California-based bill poster who says a member of the rapper's entourage smashed him in the back of the head with a skateboard after he snapped an ill-advised photo of him.

According to Marino, back on May 3, 2012, he ventured to the Odd Future store on Fairfax Avenue to buy his daughter a t-shirt, when he spied Wayne skateboarding outside.

"I was starstruck," says Marino. "I was like 'Cool, cool, cool!'"

He asked one of Wayne's bodyguards if he could snap a photo of Wayne, but was told not to. He proceeded to take the photo anyway.

"[The bodyguards] started tripping and saying, 'I told you that Lil' Wayne does not want to be bothered,'" says Marino. "I told them I have taken pictures of tons of people and I just want to show my friends that I saw Lil Wayne. They started calling me a 'groupie' and I said, 'I ain't no groupie.'"

According to Marino, he was then surrounded by four of Weezy's bodyguards. Then Wayne himself came over.

"Lil Wayne had enough, I guess, and he rolled up on a skateboard and he said, 'Alright motherfucker, you want to take a picture like a groupie? Like a little bitch? Like a little girl? Is that what you want?'" Marino says. "I couldn't believe he was telling me this. I actually started laughing. I didn't take it seriously. I told him I just wanted a picture and that I'm a promoter. But he said, 'I don't want to hear that shit. You're nothing but a groupie bitch to me.'"

Then Wayne threatened him with his bodyguards.

"They will fuck you up," he allegedly told Marino, before he was knocked out cold.

He was treated at Cedars-Sinai hospital for vertigo and a concussion. Witnesses told him later that one of Wayne's bodyguards had hit him in the back of his head with a skateboard. He also had his camera stolen.

Marino claims he had vertigo for three weeks following the attack and had to take medical leave from his job for two of them. He had to see a neurologist from June until October, when he was finally pronounced healthy.

"Honestly, I'm not trying to be a millionaire for getting smacked over the head," Marino says. "I want him to realize that there are fans out there, tons of fans out there and this is the way he's going to treat them? I'm not a teeny bop, but I'm the one who goes out and buys his albums and I tell people about him and I put up his posters and I'm the guy he is going to disrespect? And for him to call me those names was the biggest sign of disrespect. I can't believe people carry themselves like that."

The incident has soured Marino on Wayne.

"I'm a big hip hop fan, and I loved Lil Wayne's music," says Marino. "Now I hate his music. But I'm kind of like in the zone that everywhere I go I see Lil Wayne. I see him on TV. I hear him every damn day on the radio. I can't get away from this guy. It disgusts me."

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Tito Marino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkNV6JsmKUY

March 09 2013 at 7:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tito Marino

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/02/lil_wayne_lawsuit_alfredo_marino.php

March 09 2013 at 7:04 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Tito Marino

lmao...u guys r funny...i was in a public place..not a studio not a photo shoot...lmao...i was getting a t shirt from the odd future store for my daughter...and tyler the creator mack maine and the rest of the loiter squad was out there and there was lil wayne skating in front of me...and i cant take a pic....lmao...please dont even start with groupie cuzz im a real hip hop fan..im 38 and the pic was for my 17 year old daughter that likes these clowns....looks like alot of u want to join the circus....enjoy your life cuzz i know i am..lmao...#STAYOFFMYNUTZ

March 09 2013 at 7:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kemosabe9

If everyone was like me Lil Wyane would be working in a fast food restaurant.

February 12 2013 at 8:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rlzac1256

that little B couldn't whip my sister!

February 12 2013 at 10:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
elantradafreak

I wonder if Marino was out on a date with a female and was told respectfully by the female not to do something if he would continue to do so anyway? No means No right?

February 12 2013 at 8:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
madlionlover

I don't like Little Wayne and why anyone would want to take a picture of him is beyond me his with his predator/roach /anteater looking ass, but at the same time this man was told by the bodyguard NOT to take the picture, but proceeded to do so anyway. Did he deserve to be assaulted?, of course not, but knowing how Little Wayne is from the stories in the news why take that chance? When someone tells you NOT to do something respect their wishes and don't do it. I recall someone else who was told not to do something and did anyway, and that ended in a tragedy. God gave us ears and a brain for a reason, but only some of us choose to listen and comprehend what we're being told.

February 12 2013 at 8:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jan

lil wayne could have just ignored it and gone his way but noo let's beat up a guy and get sued.

February 12 2013 at 4:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Buckingham's

If these self-important celebs don't want to be photographed, they shouldn't have gotten into the business! Their bodyguards are just taking advantage of being bullies.

February 12 2013 at 2:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BIG Z

Jay you are just as much of an idiot as that as that girl Wayne getting his bodyguards to do his dirty work because he can't

February 12 2013 at 2:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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