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

[Raemond]

2 million?
if this guys get snayhting it should be just enough to cover a new camera.

[lizr]

Paparazzi are scum and should be outlawed. I used to not care until they were complicit in Diana's murder.

Enough.

[waynesmyer]

Dear Josh, please meet me on the beach! Bring your camera! with love, Woody

[naturallight]

Little more to that deal than out of control paps.

check dodi fayed's testimony.

[Knowbetter]

Dead men tell no tales. WTF are you on about?

[watchingthings]

.........T­hat's all.....Wo­ody should have been happy to have a paparazi even want to take photos of him......h­e should have been paying the paperazi. I know many people hate the paperazi..­..but the more they make a stink about them......­the more they chase them. [like self fulfilled prophecy]

[gorgol]

Agree...th­e "hollywood elite" just hate the paparazzi.­.."wink wink nod nod"...Tha­t's why Britney Spears went "commando" and Angelina Jolie adopted all the kids..i'm betting. You take away the cameras...­the "horrible photogs"..­.and these people will be absolutely crushed. Emotionally disabled.
Word is that some even hire "paparazzi" to follow them around....

[GabrielXL]

I think celebrities should band together and start their own magazine. They should hire photographers and others to follow around the editors of the magazines that buy pictures from the paparazzi and their families. Or better yet. follow around and photograph the paparazzi themselves and their families. Let's not forget adding some bogus stories about what we're seeing in the pictures. See how they like it.

[sws3030]

My question is why does he pay a bodygaurd if he's going to attack himself.

Seems like he should have saved the money for his legal fees.

[watchingthings]

Woody is looking for publicity.­...hoping it will translate into somekind of acting job....I would guess.

[landmine]

Yeah right. Making four movies in the last 12 months is clearly a sign that he needs work.
Better fix your "guesser".

[gun]

as a journalist who has been in the precense of stars, I agree with most posters that Levine deserved all he got...and probably more.

yes, there is only one species more obnoxious than photo vultures..­.more intrusive, more shameless, more foolish, more disgusting -- and that's the public itself.

Witnessing them surround some star, to beg, squeal, and degrade themselves, no matter how slight that celebrity is, is to become seriously pessimistic about the chances of humanity to cope with ever more complex challenges.

[livesimply]

Excellent point.

[Wanjiru]

gun: "as a journalist who has been in the precense of stars..."
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...precens­e?...

...I beg to differ...I­'d say as a journalist, work more on your spelling..­.

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[adzeman]

I would do worse if I were a victim of those scum.

[groucho]

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

And what does he call what he does to the people he harasses to get a photo of when they are out trying to do normal everyday things.

I hope he loses, and I hope he suffers more, paparazzi are just opportunists, like vultures.

[slobone]

Yeah! And I'm sure the celebrities, especially washed-up ones like Woody, just hate having their picture taken...

[gluvox12]

Yes, actually they do.

[GabrielXL]

Give vultures credit. At least they have a function larger than themselves. Don't lump vultures in with these *pricks*.

[watchingthings]

Attention Everyone: Do not go into the acting profession if you don't want to suffer mental, physical, and emotional pain....a Paperazi may get you.......­. funny how good actors and acrtresses are not bothered by this anywhere near as much.

[Malachyone]

Levine? Gosh, I bet his suit is all about money. hee hee.

[Flagal]

I'm gonna sue Woody also. We was smokin a fat one and he gave me a cold. I got sick and had to go to the doctors for ant-biotics. Ever since I need Viagra. My lawyer says our lawsuit is worth at least a mil.

[dadw5boys]

2 YEARS AGO????

Was he waiting for a witness to move away or die?

if you don't sue in 1 year you lose the right to sue in most states!!!!!!!!

[erykah]

Good for you Woody. Kcik his ass!

[fetacheese]

paparazzi remind me of my brother when i was a child who would put his hands within a half inch of my face and proudly proclaim, "i'm not touching you! i'm not touching you!". if that doesn't warrant a total beat down, i really don't know what does.

[truthyguy]

Harrelson or a paparazzo - hmmm. It's hard to know who to root against.

[Malachyone]

Harrelson started his "career" in the gutter, making porn movies. But, most all of them do, or would if needed. Its all about money, and while you banter back and forth about triviality, the Corporate world shakers are in glee.

Nail this money crazy guy who is suing, and then get back and blog, post or whatever you have to do on issues of death and dying concerns, like Iraq, Iran and that word nobody can spell ---Afghanastan.

And impeachment of the worst President since Hardin and Grant. At least Grant apologized to Congress for his incompetency and those he put in office.

[Jakealoper]

Well, if he was out in public the man had a perfect right to film him, as well as not getting attacked by him too.

[protagonia]

So, Woody Popped a Papparazzo huh?

LOL!

Bound to happen.

I hope the court throws lil' Josh out of court on his Petoot-arazzo.