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9021-Oh Boy! Adrienne Maloof’s Chef Slams Paul Nassif For Filing Blackmail Lawsuit Against Him

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Feb. 4 2013, Published 5:14 p.m. ET

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Legal trouble in the 90210!

Paul Nassif’s latest legal move in the bitter fight with his estranged wife Adrienne Maloof has placed her personal chef smack bang in the middle of the nasty divorce battle - and Breaking Celebrity News spoke exclusively with Bernie Guzman to get a full rundown on the situation.

DOCUMENTS: Paul Nassif Files Lawsuit Against Adrienne Maloof's Personal Chef

“Paul is a 50-year-old man acting like a little boy,” Bernie tells Breaking Celebrity News about the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star filing a lawsuit against him, alleging blackmail and extortion.

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“He is trying to silence the violence and I’m not going to let him.”

Nassif charges in his lawsuit that Guzman published pictures on his Facebook page, "of (Adrienne) Maloof which purportedly depicted bruising on her back. The photographs were accompanied by Guzman's statement: 'Now you know who and what he (Nassif) really is. Adrienne Maloof was pushed to the ground. Punched and beaten. He (Nassif) is a beast.' These statements by Guzman were outrageous and vicious lies."

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As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the shocking photos of Adrienne with multiple bruises on her back surfaced on Guzman's Facebook page last year.

Nassif's lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that Bernie sent a text message to Paul that contained “outrageous and vicious lies." The contents of the message are not revealed in the documents.

However, Guzman maintains that he was only trying to help Adrienne, his employer and close frien