Denise Richards has apologised for throwing a photographer’s laptop from a hotel balcony in Canada last week and hitting an 80-year old woman in a wheelchair.

Denise grabbed the computer after she spotted two photographers taking unauthorised pictures of her and Pamela Anderson on the set of their new film Blonde and Blonder in Richmond, British Columbia. She then launched it from a balcony at the River Rock Casino and Hotel, hitting the woman on the arm.

Denise told Access Hollywood: “I am not justifying my behavior. It was wrong.”

“I saw one of the photographers, went up to him and offered to give him a few nice shots and asked him to please leave so we can focus on our scene. He wouldn’t and he got really belligerent and he was saying vulgar, nasty things to me and made a derogatory remark about my family.”

“I just did what I did and I feel terrible. Over the balcony it went. It was a big mistake on my part. I’m not volatile at all. I’m not aggressive. I’ve never been with the paparazzi. I feel bad that I ended up doing that.”

A spokesperson for the Richmond Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed that there will be no criminal charges arising from the incident, either on behalf of the photographers or the injured woman: “The photographers, Denise Richards and her management company have agreed to settle the matter civilly regarding the damages to the photographers’ laptops. It is not in the public interest to forward criminal charges regarding this matter.”