Liev Schreiber had a heated exchange with a photographer who accused him of assault, shortly after the actor appeared in court asking a judge to dismiss the charges.
Shutterbug named Sherwood Martinelli claims the "Ray Donovan" star hit his Canon 7D camera on June 7 when he tried to click him standing on the street, Page Six reported.
Schreiber was then in the city to shoot the popular Showtime series.
"I never touched him. I never touched his camera," the actor told reporters outside the courthouse in Nyack, New York.
Martinelli, who was waiting across the street with a camera, shouted back, "You did touch me!"
The 50-year-old actor ignored him and said, "I never touched his body with my body. I was pi**ed, but that was it."
After Schreiber left, the photographer claimed the attorney for the actor lied to the media.
"Everything that his attorney said to the news media isn't true. It's fake, it's fabricated.
"The fact of the matter is he did accost me, he did attack me, he did hit my right shoulder, he did hit my left hand and camera hard enough to break my camera, so that's fake news, when they're putting a story out contrary to that," Martinelli told reporters.
"I want him to pay for what he did to me. I want him to be held accountable in a court of law for his criminal activity," he added, saying he wanted the "bully" to pay for his actions.
Prosecutors have until August 30 to respond to the motion to dismiss.
Nyack Village Justice Robert Knoebel waived Schreiber's requirement to appear in person at the next court date on September 20, when the judge will decide whether to dismiss the charges.
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