Kid Rock Peeved at Signing Autographs

I’m not sure Kid Rock is fond of signing autographs.

Right after making a charity appearance at a Georgia Waffle House less than two weeks ago to make an apology for a postconcert rumpus he and his posse are accused of thumping up in October, the Rock and Roll star was filed a suit for battery Friday by three men who alleged he went berserk when they requested for his autograph.

Michael Medlin, Carlos Bonilla and Jose Perez claimed they were punched, kicked and if not beaten up black and blue when they asked for a signature from Rock and the members of fraternal hip-hop cluster the Boo-Yaa Tribe in the wee hours of Mar. 22, 2006, outside of Hollywood nightclub Teddy’s at the Roosevelt Hotel, as per papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and acquired by E! News.

Robert Ritchie, aka Kid Rock, the Roosevelt, Teddy’s, Lost Highway touring and the Boo-Yaa Tribe (Paul, Ted, Donald, Roscoe, Danny and David Devoux) have all been hailed as defendants. Arraignment also comprises negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and malice.

The plaintiffs are requesting for at least $15 million in compensation, declaring wage loss, loss of use of property, hospital and medical costs, property and general reparation and loss of earning capability.

Per the grievance, Medlin, Bonilla and Perez were waiting for Rock and varied group outside of Teddy’s, prepared to ask for autographs and pictures armed with autograph books and a small camera.

“Kid Rock and members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe assaulted and battered all three plaintiffs” and they were “left on the ground seriously injured as Kid Rock and his entourage drove off,” the suit declares. It also charges each of the defendants of filching the plaintiffs’ cameras and bags and putting the stuff in the back of their limo before departing the place.

Medlin, Bonilla and Perez also contended that the security outside the Roosevelt was so neglectful; it produced a “dangerous and hazardous condition” for them that permitted for the thrashing and commotion as well as stealing of their personal belongings.

Strangely though, Rock was more than enthusiastic to spend some moments for fans at the Waffle House in Duluth, Ga., a place where he and his gang got into a fight with a fellow customer just last October.

Rock declared that profits from his Mar. 11 appearance, throughout which he posed for photographs, signed autographs and auctioned off backstage tags and tickets and other goodies would be bestowed to the Nicholas House Foundation, a intermediary housing program for destitute families in the Metro Atlanta region.

Rock maintained that he’s not guilty to misdemeanor battery for his suspected part in last fall’s commotion.

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