Alec Baldwin to attend anger management after pleading guilty to harassment
[NEW YORK] Actor Alec Baldwin on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a harassment charge stemming from a parking spot tussle, and agreed to attend a short-term anger management programme.
The New York actor - whose impersonation of Donald Trump on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live earned him an Emmy award - was released on conditional discharge after the Manhattan court hearing.
Baldwin, 60, is due back on March 27 for a compliance update on his anger management class.
He was arrested in November after punching a 49-year-old man in the face during a New York parking dispute, police said.
The younger man has already parked his vehicle and was attempting to buy a parking ticket prior to the dispute.
Baldwin was initially charged with harassment and assault, but following negotiations with the prosecutor pleaded guilty to the lesser harassment charge.
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The actor, who gave no statement as he left the courthouse, is well-known for his strong personality and hot temper.
In 2014, he was detained by New York police for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.
In late 2013, NBC scrapped his late-night chat show after he allegedly subjected a photographer to a homophobic slur outside his apartment on the day that a Canadian actress convicted of stalking him was jailed.
And in 2011, he was thrown off a plane for "extremely rude" behavior after refusing to turn his cell phone off.
AFP
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