Agent counters Osbourne charge

Rene Tab, the Hollywood agent accused of socking Sharon Osbourne on the chin at a West Hollywood restaurant on April 10, struck back on Wednesday after the MTV star paraded her black-and-blue marks on the syndicated TV show “Celebrity Justice.”

Tab, who works for the International Creative Management agency, said that Osbourne had been “terrorizing and harassing” her for the past three months.

“It is Mrs. Osbourne who viciously, verbally and physically attacked and spat upon Renee Tab,” said a statement issued by Tab’s lawyer, Najila Brent, threatening legal action over the attack and “her defamatory statements.” The two women have been feuding over a diamond necklace Tab won at a New Year’s Eve party thrown by the Osbournes.

Police said each of the women had filed complaints of battery against the other, which carry a maximum 12-month jail sentence. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is considering whether to press charges against one or both.