DREW BARRYMORE and boyfriend JUSTIN LONG were forced to flee a Hollywood bar at the weekend (05Jan08) following a fight with a rude photographer.

The couple was partying at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood when a fellow reveller approached them and took a photograph with a small digital camera without asking for their permission.

Angry Barrymore complained about the invasion of privacy to a manager, prompting a brawl over club security.

An eyewitness tells In Touch Weekly magazine, "Drew and Justin ran out of there as quickly as they could." Police arrived to break up the fight after the star couple left.

Star spotter David Abithol claims he was punched for taking pictures of Barrymore and her actor beau, but protests to the publication that he was just a fan trying to take a picture.