The famous star from “300″ fame Gerard Butler has been charged with battery.

The Scottish actor is accused of punching a paparazzo in the face before he got into his limo outside Crown Bar in Los Angeles at two in the morning on Oct. 7 of last year.

Butler had been celebrating the premiere of Guy Ritchie’s film ‘RocknRolla’, in which he starred.

Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan confirmed the charges related to an “altercation with a photographer.”

Butler’s manager Alan Siegel said the actor asked his driver to stop the car after the photographer repeatedly sped through red lights and almost hit two pedestrians while pursuing them.

When his chauffeur pulled over, Butler allegedly got out of the car and took the confronted the photographer.

Butler will be arraigned on June 10 but his lawyer says the actor will not appear in court. If he is found guilty, he could spend up to six months in jail and be forced to pay a $2,000 fine.

Maybe this will put some fear in the paparazzi to leave actors alone. At least Butler is willing to stand up to them. Besides he may have saved lives from traffic accidents by stopping the paparazzo.

Butler is also set to star in the romantic comedy, “The Ugly Truth” which comes out July 24th this summer.