LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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.

Paparrazis seem to be making claims like this more. I hate it whenever I see "mental and emotional" pain mentioned. I seriously doubt this guy is sitting in his bed everyday scared to face the real world now or anything like that. And for god sake, he was filming somebody's personal life. How does his invasion of someone's privacy justify his claim at all?