A choose has reportedly ordered Haley Joel Osment to attend AA conferences for six months following his arrest for public intoxication.
Osment, 37, was arraigned in a Mammoth Lakes, California, court docket on Monday, June 2, and granted a one-year diversion as an alternative choice to legal prosecution, Folks reported. In consequence, he should attend a minimum of three AA conferences every week till December. He’s additionally required to satisfy with a therapist a minimum of twice per week.
Us Weekly has reached out to Osment’s rep for remark.
Us confirmed in April that the Sixth Sense star was arrested on the Mammoth Mountain resort and initially booked on prices of public intoxication and possession of a managed substance. He was later charged with disorderly conduct inebriated and possession of cocaine.
Osment had been concerned in an argument with employees on the ski resort shortly earlier than he was taken into custody on a Tuesday afternoon. TMZ revealed a video that confirmed the actor getting ready to board a chairlift regardless of not having his snowboard with him. A employees member pleaded with Osment to get out of line, whereas one resort visitor tried to tug on him, resulting in each falling over.
When the staffer advised Osment that safety was on its approach, he lastly relented and exited the road. One other bystander claimed that Osment “completely reeked of alcohol” and that after leaving the road, he walked over to his snowboard and appeared to “fumble round with it.”
Physique cam footage obtained by Us on April 17 confirmed Osment being detained in a car parking zone in Mammoth Lakes. An officer defined to a different officer that he was “past intoxication.” As Osment was handcuffed, he claimed a number of instances that he was “being attacked” by police through the arrest. Amid the altercation, he made an antisemitic slur towards the arresting officer.
One individual within the background of the clip alleged that Osment had “lunged at a bartender,” and one other individual claimed: “He went to the bar, ordered one drink, he was so intoxicated that he spilled his drink. … They served him one drink, he was so drunk he spilled it, they usually minimize him off.” The individual added, “Then he acquired aggravated, argumentative, he tried to load the raise they refused to load the raise.”
Osment later issued an apology relating to the arrest, telling Us in a press release: “I’m completely horrified by my habits. Had I identified I used this disgraceful language within the throes of a blackout, I might have spoken up sooner.”
The actor, who misplaced his Altadena, California house within the wildfires that ravaged the L.A. space in January, stated through the assertion that he’d had a troublesome few months, however that didn’t justify his use of a slur.
“The previous few months of loss and displacement have damaged me all the way down to a really low emotional place,” he stated. “However that’s no excuse for utilizing this disgusting phrase. From the underside of my coronary heart, I apologize to utterly everybody that this hurts. What got here out of my mouth was nonsensical rubbish — I’ve let the Jewish group down and it devastates me. I don’t ask for anybody’s forgiveness, however I promise to atone for my horrible mistake.”
Based on Folks’s Monday report, the Mono County district lawyer objected to Osment’s request for a diversion, citing his 2006 DUI arrest. The choose overruled the objection. If Osment efficiently completes the necessities of the court-ordered program, the fees towards him will likely be dismissed. His subsequent court docket look is scheduled for January 5, 2026.
