Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Bodyguards Clash with Paparazzi

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's security team were forced to remove two paparazzi photographers from the grounds of the Hollywood stars' rented French estate, the couple's security chief said on Friday.

The photogs were hiding in the grounds, sporting full camouflage. They fought with the guards as they were being told to leave.

Tony Webb, head of the team guarding the Chateau Miraval estate where the couple are staying following the birth of their twins, said the incident took place on Thursday afternoon.

He says, "We caught the two and tried to escort them off the property and the guy's just gone beserk, thrashing out, kicking and actually biting one of the security people, breaking his finger, drawing blood and screaming that he had Hepatitis C."

Police spokeswoman Capt. Olivia Poupot said Friday that police officers took the two photographers away and the two guards in for questioning after the bust-up at the Jolie-Pitt family's Miraval estate.

The police captain said both sides filed legal complaints accusing the other of battery and causing injury. She said she believed the injuries were bruises and scratches and "nothing nasty."

Nevertheless, the guards got doctors' notes giving them four days off work; the photographers did not, she said.

Jolie, 33, returned to the estate after the July 12 birth of her twins, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, in the Mediterranean city of Nice, about 60 miles away.

Poupot said she didn't know how long the paparazzi had been on the chateau grounds or further details about the "altercation with the guards."

"One can imagine that if you discover someone in your garden who is taking your photo then you're not necessarily going to politely show them the way out," she said.

Jolie and Pitt have reportedly sold exclusive picture rights to the first photographs of their newborn twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon to a U.S. publication for $11 million. The money would go to charity.

Pitt's lawyers have threatened legal action against magazines or websites publishing recent pictures they say were taken by paparazzi of the actor and his family at the estate. Webb said they would also take action against photographers.

"The family are really fed up that these people are trespassing so we're going to try to get restraining orders and use the law to do whatever we have to keep them off the property," he said.