Cele|bitchy | Brangelina’s bodyguard beat up a photographer in front of Maddox!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have come under fire for closing off roads to The Burning Shore Lodge where they’re staying in Namibia. They’ve also been criticized for the agressive, over-the-top behavior by their security team, headed by a security guard who was once charged with murder. So far their guards have pepper-sprayed a photographer and grabbed one local female reporter around the neck!

The latest news is that a photographer was beat totally senseless by one of their secuirty guards – right in front of Brad and four year-old Maddox!

The source reports that although the paparazzi have been lurking all around the compound, peeking out from bushes and perching in trees, the snappers had, for the most part, respected the compound’s boundaries. Sunday, however, a photog was spotted having literally DUG A DITCH to get on to the grounds and was taking pictures of Brad and Maddox, who were at play in the yard. “The bodyguard literally beat the crap out of this guy,” a source tells TMZ, adding, “Brad and Maddox were right there watching.”

Tough guy Mickey Brett, the security guard overseeing Brangelina’s high-security compound, issued this threat to the press earlier this week: “If I find anyone getting a picture of Jolie, I will f****ing smash someone to pieces. I’m not joking. I’ll f***ing put someone in the hospital. Tell your friends.”

According to the source, it was unclear whether Brett was the guard who scuffled Sunday with the unlucky paparazzi.

They need to get some new help right away, because it’s unacceptable for people to get beat up or even threatened by the thugs on their staff. Maybe they’ll realize that they can’t let their staff hurt the paparrazi when they’re slapped with some huge lawsuits for the damage they’ve caused.

Here are some pictures of Brad Pitt shopping in Paris a little while ago. [via]