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Lisa Vanderpump's Hubby Attacked With Cement Chipper At Pump Lounge
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Ish just got real for "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Ken Todd, the husband of Lisa Vanderpump, restauranteur, and proud papa to Jiggy. Todd just filed suit against two contractors who were doing construction on his PUMP Lounge in West Hollywood. He claims that Kevin Cazaref, who was working alongside his brother David Cazaref, attacked him with a concrete chipper, and then proceeded to extort him for $50,000 to keep quiet about the incident.
Sounds like something out of Halloween Horror Nights.
Reports TMZ:
Ken says he observed Kevin (a man twice his size) using a concrete chipper unsafely last week, so Ken confronted him and attempted to show Kevin how to use it properly. Kevin must have taken offense ... because Ken says the worker then "became enraged, grabbed and violently hurled the heavy concrete chipper" at him ... hurting his hip, leg, and knee. According to Ken's lawsuit, Kevin's brother David approached threateningly in Kevin's defense -- at which point nearby police officers became involved.