The actor, who turns 50 in August, kicked a cameraman back in October and was charged with misdemeanor battery and vandalism in February. By accepting the terms of the court, the charge was lowered misdemeanor vandalism, which has much less severe consequences.
Instead of a possible 18 months in jail, if he follows the conditions of the plea deal, Sean Penn could only be accused of disturbing the peace. In order to do this he will need to not violate his parole, complete 300 hours of community service and attend 36 hours of anger management. His team is happy with the outcome and Richard Hirsch said,
“Prolonging this matter in the court system would not have been in Mr. Penn’s best interests and would have distracted from his charitable commitments, specifically his work in Haiti,” hisattorney said. “Accordingly he has decided to accept the terms and move on.”
And it actually shouldn’t be too tough for the acting legend. He already has runs a charity organization for Haitian relief, and he will be able to complete his work there. The anger management and behaving will be the tougher part for him, I think.
Back in 1987 he attacked a photographer on a movie set and had an incident with paparazzi at his brother’s funeral in 2006. The man that was attacked in this most recent assault still has a civil suit filed against him, and the hearing will be on July 8th.
So what do you think of the plea deal Sean Penn was offered? Is it fair or not? And do you think it will leave an impression? Let me know below and check out more photos and the attack video below.
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