July 30, 2007 10:12

Britney Spears guard faces battery charge

Bodyguard charges for alleged fighting

Britney Spears' bodyguard is facing a battery charge after allegedly fighting with two photographers trying to take pictures of the singer and her sons.

Cesar Julio Camera was issued with a misdemeanour battery summons after he allegedly punched one photographer and pushed another into a wall.

The scuffle happened at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel casino, and was captured on security videotape.

Police said Spears and he sons had not been hurt in the incident, reports BBC News.

The two men approached the singer and her entourage in the hotel hallway and a hotel security guard told them to put their photo equipment away, said Las Vegas police.

One of the men allegedly bumped Camera, who was holding Spears' son Sean Preston Federline.

The singer is said to have screamed, while Camera is said to have run after the two men.

The second man later showed police a lump and abrasion on his forehead.

Las Vegas police sergeant John Loretto said Spears was listed as a witness along with one man and five other women.

A spokesperson for Spears was not available for comment.