Sam Worthington sued for $10M

Remember when Avatar actor Sam Worthington and his girlfriend Lara Bingle got into a heated brawl with a New York paparazzo named Sheng Li?

Well CelebNMusic247.com has learned that Sam Worthington and his girlfriend Lara Bingle are facing a $10 million lawsuit for the paparazzi spat.

Here is what we have learned via Page Six:

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.

While reps for Worthington didn’t get back to us, Li’s attorney, Mark J. Heller, however did, saying:

“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.”