As Lindsay was walking into The Bowery Hotel in NYC Sunday night — the same place J.Lo was throwing a birthday party for Marc Anthony, she tripped over a metal barricade. It seems as if Lindsay was under the impression that one of the paps tripped her because she turned around and punched a photographer in his face.

She was chatting on her cell at the time and after hitting the guy said to the person on the other end of the line:

“Oh my God, I just hit a paparazzi.”

The police came to the scene, but did not file any charges. I suppose the reason the majority of these incidents never go beyond the initial police call is probably due to the lack of any clear evidence or the incident isn’t even worth the paperwork that would have to be filed just to then have the case tossed out of the courts!