Model to sue Bardem over broken nose

Spanish actor Javier Bardem is set for a courtroom battle after his wild dance moves resulted in former model Jill Marshall nursing her broken nose.

The 35-year-old heart-throb was dancing with Marshall at the New York premiere party for his latest film The Sea Inside earlier this month when disaster struck on the dancefloor.

American gossip site pagesix.com reports Marshall has hired attorney Sanford Rubenstein to handle her case.

Marshall fumes: "It felt like a baseball bat hitting me in the face," before admitting she is having reconstructive surgery to correct her broken nose.

An onlooker at the party in Manhattan hotspot Gypsy Tea says: "He was crazy-dancing. He was totally out of control. It was like he thought he was Justin Timberlake onstage. I've never seen anything like it."