Friday, November 18, 2005

Russell Crowes Pleads Guilty


Russell Crowe will avoid jail time after he struck a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault on Friday in a New York courtroom, following his telephone-throwing incident at a New York hotel last June.

The Cinderella Man actor, wearing a black suit and joined in court by wife Danielle Spencer, agreed to plead guilty to third-degree assault and admitted to throwing a phone at a hotel concierge.

In exchange, Judge Kathryn Freed sentenced him to a conditional discharge, requiring him to not get arrested for one year. Crowe also paid $160 in court fees.

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