A WOMAN charged with slicing Leonardo DiCaprio's face thought he was an ex-boyfriend, a court has heard.
Aretha Wilson appeared in a Los Angeles court today and pleaded not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon.
The 40-year-old is accused of attacking the Inception star with a broken beer bottle at a house party in the Hollywood Hills.
The house belonged to Paris Hilton's ex and sex tape partner, Rick Solomon.
DiCaprio was taken to hospital and needed 17 stitches to close the wound near his right ear.
Doctors said the actor could have been killed if the broken bottle had damaged the carotid artery, the main artery in the side of the neck.
According to a police report, it was a case of mistaken identity as Wilson allegedly confused DiCaprio with a scorned ex-boyfriend.
The alleged attack happened in 2005, but Wilson avoided facing charges because she fled to Canada.
She was extradited back to California last month.
She was ordered to stay at least 500m away from the actor and two witnesses to the alleged attack.
The prosecutor said Wilson was on probation for a previous offence in Canada at the time of the attack.
She is due back in court on August 23 and faces up to seven years' jail if convicted.
The judge raised her bail from $70,000 to $170,000 stating concern about her "willingness and ability to come back to court".
She is currently being held in a Californian jail.
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