I was battered after snapping pics of Cara Delevingne and Margot Robbie – I feared I’d be beaten to a pulp
A PAP who was allegedly battered by Cara Delevingne and Hollywood star Margot Robbie's British filmmaker pals feared he was going to be "beaten to a pulp".
Paparazzi photographer Pedro Alberto Orquera, 61, was left with a broken arm after he was allegedly attacked on Saturday by Josey McNamara and Jac Hopkins.
The bust-up between the men came as Cara, 30, and Margot, 32, were leaving the famous celeb haunt Patagonia Sur in Buenos Aires at 3am and Pedro tried to take their picture.
The two Brits were arrested after the "brief struggle" and taken into custody for questioning while it is understood Margot and Cara fled the scene.
Pedro has now said he is preparing to file a lawsuit.
The 61-year-old said he had been commissioned by a magazine to track down the Hollywood stars in the Argentinian capital.
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He said he started taking photos as the group left the restaurant and claimed they "went crazy" when they realised the doors to their taxi were locked.
"When they left and were going to get in a car, the doors were locked and they went crazy. And that's how I got the photos," he told .
The spooked taxi driver reportedly sped away from the pap - and witnesses say Margot nearly fell out of the vehicle.
As Pedro continued trying to take photographs, he said McNamara and Hopkins came after him and allegedly chased him before smashing him to the ground.
He said: "They came to the middle of the street, but I continued taking photos.
"They took it out on me, they began to insult me in English, they bullied me and I ran towards the taxi that was waiting for me. They wanted to take the camera off me.
"They came for me and caught up with me. I don't know which one it was, but he threw his full weight against me at speed and I fell to the ground with my arm and crashed into my taxi.
"The camera flew and I saw the exposed bone, the bleeding, and I couldn't move my arm. I lost consciousness."
Onlookers called 911 after watching the brawl - and Pedro was rushed to hospital.
A police report shows that McNamara and Hopkins told cops Pedro was “responsible for his own injuries” as the stars had not given their consent for photos to be taken.
"It's the first time that I have experienced such a brutal beating, an act of violence of this nature," Pedro said.
"My camera flew through the air. Luckily, we picked it up from the floor and I put it in my backpack. I have the images."
And the snapper said it was "miracle" he decided to put his arm out in front of him to protect his head and the rest of his body as he was shoved to the floor.
"I saved my life by a miracle, I don't know what would have happened if I fell head first to the ground, with the speed that these people were chasing me," he said.
When the cops arrived, Pedro said one of the men had fled to a car, but he was able to identify the pair and they were swiftly detained.
The photographer claims he needs to have surgery on his broken arm and expects to stay in hospital for the next week.
"It's an open fracture... it's very screwed up in the joint," he said.
"I am psychologically very broken, very distressed."
McNamara worked with Australian beauty Robbie in the due-to-be released Barbie, along with Hopkins who was part of the crew.
It comes as Robbie last month worried fans after she was spotted looking upset following a visit to Delevingne’s home.
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The concerning pictures were taken just a week after Cara was seen looking dishevelled and distressed at Van Nuys airport in Los Angeles after returning from Burning Man.
The model’s friends have expressed worry over her increasingly erratic behaviour, including smoking what appeared to be a pipe outside a sex shop last month.