Speaking of paparazzi becoming the story, a photographer from the agency Flynet found himself being attacked by Nicole Kidman’s bodyguard yesterday. (Warning: Expletives!) And like a good lensman, the camera was rolling the whole time.

The physical assault stemmed from an incident on Wednesday, when a fellow photographer was attacked by Nicole’s rambo-like trainer while the 53 year old photog was snapping Nicole and her trainer hiking. The trainer stole the guy’s camera which thankfully, was later returned.

Then on Thursday, our Flynet photog Jeremy and his 53 year old paparazzi friend were once again following Nicole Kidman and her bodyguard as they were making their way to the gym. The vehicle they were in stopped and the bodyguard stepped out, obviously in an agressive manner. Jeremy pulled out his video camera, hoping to quiz the bodyguard about the incident on Wednesday but as you can see from the clip, the bodyguard was in no mood to chat. Jeremy stepped back inside of his vehicle but that didn’t stop the bodyguard from attacking him anyway!

Afterwards, Nicole Kidman left along with her crazed bodyguard and Jeremy tried to follow them but eventually had to dial 911 because of his injuries. The police are currently investigating the incident. [Flynet]

Comments one website visitor: “Ha ha ha ha ha. You people are slime. You all deserve a beating. I am not a violent man, but I would break the legs of any papparazzo following me and ensure he never walked again.”

Amy Sultan – senior reporter deputy news editor at Us Weekly and new-ish wife to Scott Cosman (pictured here), operator of the tabloid’s “in-house” paparazzi agency Flynet – has left the magazine, we’re hearing.

She departed sometime this week, or as it’s heretofore to be known, Post-Lawsuit.

Sultan, as you’ll recall, was at the center of controversy over allegations that Us Weekly-lawsuit-filer Jill Ishkanian was hacking into Us Weekly’s email and computer systems, since it was Sultan’s username and password that were regularly abused, granting access to an untold number interested outsiders and celebrities.

And just so your dot-connecting comes full circle, Ishkanian-target and Us online chief Ken Baker was a guest at Sultan’s wedding to Cosmon. And it was Cosmon’s Flynet who snapped the pics of Teri Hatcher and Ryan Seacrest kissing — an allegedly staged setup orchestrated by Seacrest and BFF Ken Baker.

Now, what’s that sound we’re hearing? Oh, right: chips falling.

When news broke last week that paprazzo Scott Cosman was suing Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards (remember that laptop gently tossed over the balcony?), the photog industry was abuzz with a not-so-well-kept unreported secret: Cosman is one of the owners of Flynet, the agency you’ll remember for working with Us Weekly’s Ken Baker to set up a smoochfest between Teri Hatcher and Ryan Seacrest (a Baker pal) in that makeout session.

Cosman and Rik Fedyck are taking on Richards with a lawsuit charging she went on a rampage after spotting the twosome snapping pics of Anderson on the set of Blonde and Blonder in November ‘06. The part where Denise called him a “fuckkng cockksucker at least 12-15 times as well as scumbags, douche bags and paparazzi scum” allegedly ended with Richards throwing their laptop over the balcony where it landed on an elderly lady.

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