28-year old Elizabeth Dickson – a model, is suing Playboy for more than $500,000 after she was accidentally smacked on the butt with a golf club while posing for pictures.
She was whacked by DJ Kevin Klein as she lay on the grass with a golf tee.
Following a huge bruise on her butt, Elizabeth says she has suffered stress, pain and loss of earnings as a result of the injury.
In her claim she says she was invited to participate in the Playboy Golf Finals at a course in California in March 2012.
During the event she was invited to pose for a photo with DJ Kevin Klein.
”Plaintiff was requested to lie down and pose for a photograph with defendant Kevin Klein. The photograph was supposed to depict the plaintiff lying flat on her stomach with her buttocks partially exposed,” the lawsuit reads.
”A golf tee was then placed between the cheeks of her buttocks and a golf ball was balanced on top of the tee.”
Klein was supposed to stand over Dickson and pose as though he were poised to hit the ball, the lawsuit says, but instead it is claimed that Klein ”swung the golf club and struck plaintiff on the buttocks causing her injuries and damages.”
Ms Dickson says she suffered severe bodily injuries – some of them permanent – pain, suffering, anxiety, worry, medical and incidental expenses, and loss of earnings and earning capacity.
A spokeswoman for Playboy has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Alleging battery and negligence, Dickson is seeking $500,000 in general damages, plus medical and related expenses, punitive damages and costs of the suit.
Here’s a video of the ‘Butt’ accident