Woody Harrelson Sued For $2.5 Million

LOS ANGELES — Woody Harrelson has been sued for $2.5 million by a paparazzo who accused the actor of assaulting him and breaking his video camera two years ago.

According to a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Josh Levine was filming Harrelson in Hollywood late one night in June 2006. He alleges the Academy Award-nominated actor choked him, broke his video camera and ordered his bodyguard to attack him.

Levine's suit says he still has mental, physical and emotional pain from the encounter. He is also suing the unidentified bodyguard.

Harrelson's publicist could not immediately be reached for comment.

Comments

[lovethebomb]

08:00 PM on 06/24/2008

There are laws against assault and battery. It doesn't matter how annoyed you are with someone, you never have the right to physically assault and abuse them. Esp over-paid over-privelidged has beens. I hope this photographer gets the 2 mil and another 2 for good measure.

[Uberbah]

07:17 AM on 06/25/2008

Nonsense. Stalkers don't get to complain when they're beat up, which is what these people are: stalkers.

[Horus]

10:17 AM on 06/24/2008

I think that if you are an ordinary citizen and you are good at photography and someone tells you that you can feed your family by following around famous people and taking their pictures and you take that oppurtunity and a famous uber-rich celebrity decides to slap you around a little and break your camera then you should just suck it up.

[damnadamson]

02:02 AM on 06/24/2008

My favorite line from this bs sympathy case:

Levine's suit says he still has mental, physical and emotional pain from the encounter.

awwwwwww ... get a life ya wimp !!

[WasteNJ]

07:17 PM on 06/23/2008

I think Woody could use a bong hit right now.

And who would pass up the chance to choke a paparazzi? I mean, let's be reasonable here.

[Okieborn]

10:25 PM on 06/23/2008

Go get em Woody !!
Kick Ass and maybe they will begin to back OFF !!!

[WasteNJ]

07:15 PM on 06/23/2008

I think he needs some pot right about now.

[rcrush]

03:24 PM on 06/23/2008

Anyone who sues Woody is a dou***bag!

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

02:41 PM on 06/23/2008

The laws need to be changed so these parasites can't intrude on anyone's private life.

Stalkerazzi got what it deserved.

[UnknownSoldier]

03:52 PM on 06/23/2008

Funny how you don't see the paporazzi in New York City, and yet L.A. is crawling with them. No photogs chasing down stars of Broadway shows. The paporazzi exist because Hollywood wants them to exist.

[WasteNJ]

07:21 PM on 06/23/2008

NYPD would not be having that LA nonsense on the sidewalk.

They'll shoot a paparazzi 41 times in broad daylight and say the camera was a gun, then skate with a no-jury trial.

[MiraMcB]

05:01 PM on 06/23/2008

Finally I agree with you on something...

:)

[monty]

01:23 PM on 06/23/2008

These goons with cameras deserve what they get.

[Cowboylove]

01:16 PM on 06/23/2008

Sorry, but if I am on a jury, the guy won't get a penny. Paparazzi scum deserve no sympathy. They are over agressive and invasive. No one deserves the crap these guys put them through and their obscene hijinks have resulted in many shattered lives.

I think laws need to be passed to keep paparazzi at least ten feet from anyone. People deserve and should have an expectation of some degree of privacy - even in public.

[TRYKER]

05:47 PM on 06/23/2008

Totally Agree. People, all people, have the right to their own space and a certain degree of privacy as well. Its too dangerous for the papparazzi to be haunting and pursuing in masses.

[citizenofmars]

01:10 PM on 06/23/2008

I thought pot smokers were non-violent

[WasteNJ]

07:23 PM on 06/23/2008

It's possible he was sober for the half-hour this took place...
nah.

[gnostic19]

12:14 PM on 06/23/2008

Woody is not a violent man.

[Jinxykb]

11:07 AM on 06/23/2008

What is he WEARING? Some sort of gigantic collared shirt in teal and a white canvas jacket of some sort? Also, how high is he in that photo? He would have to be completely stoned to wear that ensemble.

[catchdis]

11:35 AM on 06/23/2008

obviously a still from a film. (get it?)

[trollsbwild]

11:06 AM on 06/23/2008

Hope Woody files a counter suit for harrassment and wins an award that will bankrupt this POS!

[kikomnipotent]

10:38 AM on 06/23/2008

What a sally-pants! I've gotten my butt kicked and I don't whine about emotional damage because there is none. In fact, they become funny stories around the campfire. Besides did anyone film it? No proof no money, Jackass.

[mindlessmissy]

08:40 AM on 06/23/2008

Money money moooneyy ...... moonnnneeeeyyyy ....