Sam Worthington and Lara Bingle face $11 million lawsuit over New York street fight with photographer

SAM Worthington and his girlfriend Lara Bingle are facing a $11 million lawsuit following their violent punch-up with a New York photographer.

ACTOR Sam Worthington and his girlfriend Aussie model Lara Bingle are facing a $US10 million ($11 million) lawsuit following their violent punch-up with a New York paparazzo, New York Post reports.

Lawyers for photographer Sheng Li were poised to slap the pair with papers on Friday at their downtown hotel over the alleged assault in February.

Li is accusing them of inflicting injuries, including a torn shoulder.

He also accuses both of slander for allegedly making false statements about him to the NYPD.

PAP ATTACK: Photographer allegedly assaulted by Worthington says Bingle attacked first

Lawsuit ... Worthington and Bingle got into a fight with the photographer in New York’s Greenwich Village. Picture: Instagram

While reps for Worthington didn’t get back to us, Li’s attorney, Mark J. Heller, told us: “Fashion Week has attracted mega-movie star Sam Worthington and his girlfriend…to Manhattan like bees to honey. However, they both got swatted with a federal lawsuit, which I filed on behalf of Sheng Li…who was assaulted by the Avatar/Terminator star and his girlfriend…At the time of the assault, the internet was flooded with images of the beat down which Sheng Li suffered at the hands of Worthington and Bingle and now they both will have starring roles as defendants in a federal court of law.”

Previous form ... Worthington was busted for disorderly conduct in 2012 after a fight with a doorman in Atlanta.

This is the second brush with the law for Worthington, who was born in England and raised in Australia. He was busted for disorderly conduct in 2012 when he tried to enter an Atlanta restaurant called The Vortex Bar and Grill and got into an argument with the doorman, according to TMZ.

A witness told cops that Worthington pushed the doorman twice, TMZ reported at the time. The doorman then pepper-sprayed him.