Woody Harrelson allegedly tried to choke a member of the paparazzi on Thursday night outside of a Hollywood nightclub. The full story is available at E-Online, but here’s a summary of the conversation that led up to the choking incident, according to the police report.

Harrelson asks the photographer to stop taking his picture.

Photographer: “Can’t help it, man. You’re just so sexy.”

Harrelson again asks him to stop taking his picture.

Photographer: “All I’m doing is my job.”

Harrelson: “Will you stop doing it, please?” (And then, somehow, Harrelson ends up breaking the camera’s viewfinder and grabbing the photographer by the neck.)

Soon there will undoubtedly be some huge lawsuit against Woody Harrelson that involves the photographer claiming emotional damage and unbearable, uncurable neck pain.

Yes, violence is bad in any situation. Yes, Harrelson should have handled the situation differently. But honestly, I can’t blame him. In fact this whole incident makes me like him a little more than I did before.