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Dec 3, 2007 5:09 pm US/Pacific

Former Lohan Bodyguard Sues Magazine Over Photo

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Actress Lindsay Lohan attends the 2007/8 Chanel Cruise Show Presented By Karl Lagerfeld held at Hangar 8 on May 18, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.
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Star magazine is being sued by a former bodyguard for Lindsay Lohan, who alleges he was defamed when the publication used his photo in place of that of another bodyguard in a tell-all story about the starlet.

Andrae Renard's lawsuit against the magazine's parent company, American Media Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., also alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. He is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Richard Valvo, an American Media spokesman, said he had no immediate comment on the suit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

According to Renard's court papers, a photo of him with the actress was used in connection with a July 25 Star article headlined "Lindsay's Bodyguard Bares All! Her Sick Secret World."

The caption under the photo identified Renard as Lee Weaver, the bodyguard who is the subject of the story, according to the suit.

Since the story and his photo appeared, colleagues and other celebrity clients have questioned Renard's credibility and he has been banned from entering "certain elite Hollywood nightclubs," according to his court papers.

Renard also is worried he might lose his current job as a Hollywood nightclub security guard because his boss does not "wish to associate with the negative publicity that this article has generated," according to the suit.