Photographer tried to mow me down, says Diaz

Cameron Diaz has filed a police report accusing a photographer of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly driving his car at her.

Diaz and her boyfriend Justin Timberlake were leaving a friend’s home in Hollywood just after midnight yesterday when a photographer who had been hiding in the bushes jumped out and tried to take a picture of the pair, said police officer April Harding.

The couple chased the photographer “a short distance”, she said.

“The photographer got into his car and drove towards Diaz and Timberlake, causing Diaz to jump out of the car’s way,” Harding said.

No-one was immediately arrested and no suspects have been identified.

“The investigation is in its initial stages,” Harding said.

A US law that came into effect this year holds photographers who engage in criminal behaviour to get a picture liable for three times the damages they cause, plus loss of any profits the published photo might generate.