from www.vancouversun.com – Tila Nguyễn, better known by her Myspace, reality TV and social media name Tila Tequila, is threatening to sue The Juggalos, a group of clown makeup-wearing fans of the band Insane Clown Posse, after she was forced off-stage during a performance on the weekend.

“Pretty soon the owners who run the Juggalos will be bankrupt,” said Tequila on Twitter after the incident.

“My attorney Alan is already on it. This is disgusting behavior from men.”

Tequila was subjected to a barrage of thrown objects as she tried to perform on the main stage at the event, receiving cuts and bruises to her face, arms and legs.

She told TMZ.com, “DUDES were throwing HUGE STONE ROCKS in my face, beer bottles that slit my eye open, almost burnt my hair on fire cuz they threw fire crackers on stage, and they even took the s–t out of the port-0-potty and threw s–t and p–s at me when I was onstage.”

The singer photographed her injuries and put the images online, which drew support from her fans but derision from others, such as former Lindsay Lohan girlfriend and longtime Tila Tequila enemy, Samantha Ronson, who told reporters, “Karma’s a bitch.”

Ronson said she laughed when she saw the photographs, adding “I f—ing hate her so much… It’s not the venue’s fault people hate her.”

The Gathering, an annual festival for Insane Clown Posse fans, has long enjoyed a reputation for rowdiness aimed at performers. Clown makeup-wearing fans regularly toss debris at musical acts, something that musicians are warned of before they agree to appear.

But the decision to bring the famous-for-being-famous Tequila to the festival as a musical act was so poorly received by the hardcore rap-loving crowd, that organizers asked fans to go easy on her in a pre-event meeting.

Their calls were not heeded.

According to witnesses, as soon as Tequila hit the stage, shooting silly string into the crowd, a large banner featuring a four-letter word to describe a piece of female anatomy was unfurled. She was soon hit in the face, chest and legs by eggs, bottles of ICP fans’ preferred soda ‘Faygo’, feces, balloons filled with urine, a bag of chicken breasts, a flashlight, rocks, watermelon, pizza, cigarettes, and a large array of sex toys.

Canadian comedian Tom Green ran out on stage to try to deflect attention from the singer but the 1,000-strong crowd was not to be distracted and continued raining debris on the stage.

Tequila’s first response to the assault was to take her shirt off. Her second was to flee to a nearby trailer which was allegedly set upon by the outraged fans.

Before the festival kicked off, ICP member Violent J told fans they should think twice before engaging in their usual routine of tossing debris at the acts onstage.

“You wouldn’t believe how many people refuse to come play the Gathering,” he was quoted as saying.

“And when we see somebody who actually agreed, and who was actually looking forward to it, get bombed onstage? That s–t hurts, man, because we feel bad for them, you know. And we just want you to know, we’re going to have equally as much love from us no matter what you decide to do, but we wish you wouldn’t throw the s–t, man. I’m keeping it real.”

Fans could argue that Tequila fired first. The blogging/social media/reality TV crossover star boasted on Twitter before the event, “Lil Kim also performing tonight!! Woohoo! This is gonna be so fun!! I bought a TON of cool shit that imma spray at the crowd!!! Lol!”

Authorities in Utah, Arizona and California have referred to the Juggalos as a criminal gang, though the band has often denounced all forms of violence within the movement.

The weekend event, which was first held in 2000, featured other hip-hop performances, seminars, autograph sessions, games, rides and a wrestling event.

Tequila rose to celebrity stardom with explicit photos and videos on MySpace, then through a reality TV show, A Shot of Love with Tila Tequila, where buffed men and women vied for a chance to become her girlfriend/boyfriend. She most recently hit the headlines when her lover, Johnson and Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, died of diabetic ketoacidosis. Tequila suggested she was adopt Johnson’s daughter but quickly backed out of the plan.