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Johnny Depp's bodyguards 'tackled disabled woman'

Published Sunday, Dec 4 2011, 15:48 GMT | By Tom Eames | 4 comments

Johnny Depp's bodyguards are being sued for allegedly injuring a disabled woman during a concert.

52-year-old Robyn Ecker was attending an Iggy Pop gig in Los Angeles on December 1 for her husband's birthday when the incident occurred, according to TMZ.

Depp and his entourage are said to have sat nearby Ecker - who reportedly suffers from an unspecified handicap - when she danced too near his table.

Ecker claims that the actor's bodyguards then jumped on her without provocation and wrestled her to the ground before she checked herself into a hospital for injuries.

Police spokesmen have apparently revealed that Ecker appeared to be highly inebriated when she filed her report.

Johnny Depp recently revealed that he almost died in a plane crash while shooting his film The Rum Diary.

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