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05.07.2009 6:37 PM EDT
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Kiefer Sutherland Turns Himself In To Police
'24' star was charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly head-butting a fellow NYC partygoer.
by
Larry Carroll
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Kiefer Sutherland turns himself in at 1st Precinct in Manhattan on Thursday
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Kiefer Sutherland turned himself in to authorities and was officially charged with misdemeanor assault in New York, in conjunction with a late-night altercation that reportedly involved fellow
Hollywood vet Brooke Shields, according to TMZ.
The assault charge comes four days after the "24" star allegedly head-butted fashion designer Jack McCullough, breaking his nose.
According to various reports and eyewitnesses, the confrontation began when Sutherland attended a Costume Institute Gala afterparty in New York's SubMercer bar on Monday evening, alongside such celebrities as Mary-Kate Olsen and Kirsten Dunst. When Sutherland reportedly witnessed McCullough knocking over Shields, he asked the Proenza Schouler designer to apologize. When McCullough reportedly responded by pushing Sutherland, the star is said to have head-butted the designer.
On Thursday afternoon, Sutherland left his Manhattan apartment and went to New York's 1st Precinct to turn himself in. The actor was not arrested but given a desk-appearance ticket officially charging him with misdemeanor assault.
This week's events are only the latest in a string of bad publicity for the troubled star, who is currently on probation in Los Angeles for a DUI. Sutherland, who is the son of legendary "Dirty Dozen" actor Donald Sutherland, served 48 days in jail in 2007 for those drunk-driving charges and had previously failed another field sobriety test in 2004.
This report is provided by MTV News
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