Footage shows the couple being surrounded by paparazzi as they tried to drive away from a restaurant in West Hollywood when it appears their car ran over the leg of a photographer.

Cy, who was behind the wheel, then reportedly asked if the photographer was OK and, on being told “yes,” drove off.

Cy met with police later in the evening and after being questioned and taking a field sobriety test, was given a citation and will appear in court at a later date.

Paris later wrote on her Twitter page: “Lovely evening with friends and family ruined by aggressive paparazzi. They are literally insane!”

Meanwhile the woman whose leg was allegedly run over has been quoted as having said: “I think we’re both at fault and I feel bad. It was just a freak accident.”

The paparazzi, believed to be called Carol, went on to say: “I didn’t break anything, just some bruising. My heel and my ankle are swollen and bruised. I just want it all to be over and I wish it never happened.”