A model has filed suit against Playboy Enterprises and a co-host of the Playboy Morning Show for allegedly striking her in the buttocks with a golf club, international media report.

Elizabeth Dickson filed the complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging battery and negligence. She is suing for $500K plus punitive damages.

According to the complaint, Dickson says she was invited to the Playboy Golf Finals at the Industry Hills Golf Club on 30 March, 2012, where she was to help Playboy Playmates host.

The incident happened nearly two years ago but the suit was filed this week.

Dickson agreed to have a photo taken of her lying on her stomach “with her buttocks partially exposed” so that Kevin Klein, co-host of the show, could hit a golf ball put atop a tee that was inserted between her butt cheeks, the suit alleges.

However, Klein missed the tee and “struck plaintiff on the buttocks, causing her injuries and damages,” the suit states.

Dickson suffered pain, suffering, worrying and anxiety as a result of her injuries, the suit states.