Joe Francis, who beat the crap out of Jayde Nicole at Guys & Dolls in August, is now suing both her and her boyfriend Brody Jenner for battery, assault, negligence, slander, libel, and false light.

He’s accusing both Jayde and Brody of attacking him, and then lying about the incident to a TMZ cameraman.

Surveillance video taken at the club that night showed Joe clearly pulling Jayde’s hair and beating her down after she threw a drink on him. According to Joe, he only hit Jayde in self defense. Apparently he feared for his life when she screamed “I’m going to kill you!”. Joe claims that the incident wasn’t actually as bad as it looked, and that Jayde only fell over because she lost her balance on her high heels.

Update: The D.A. has just announced that he won’t be pursuing criminal charges against any of the parties involved in this incident. Joe still plans, however, to go through with his civil suit.