LEGAL FILE

Roseanne Barr, the hefty star of the hit TV series “Roseanne,” was slapped with a lawsuit that claims she paid “thugs” $50 to beat a celebrity photographer as he took pictures of her. Ralph Dominguez claims in a Superior Court suit filed last week that he was photographing Barr in her car outside the trendy restaurant Spago on July 14 when the alleged beating took place. The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, said several men approached the car Barr was in and spoke with her. She allegedly paid them $50, after which they began to beat the photographer, according the suit.