Actor Osment faces drugs, drunk-driving charges

[KiwiCoromandel]

Prosecutors have charged Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment, who famously saw dead people in 1999 hit movie The Sixth Sense, with drunk-driving and marijuana possession.

Osment, 18, faces up to six months in jail if convicted on the charges that arose after a car crash in suburban Los Angeles on July 20.

The actor suffered a broken rib and shoulder injury and was briefly hospitalised.

Prosecutors charged Osment with misdemeanour possession of marijuana while driving and with having a blood alcohol level higher than 0.08 per cent, including a special allegation of having a level higher than 0.15 per cent, said Deputy District Attorney Ed Green.

A spokeswoman for the actor was not immediately available.

Osment is set to be arraigned on September 19.

The actor shot to fame with his role as a young boy who could see dead people haunting the real world in Sixth Sense, which raked in $US673 million ($NZ1067m) at global box offices.

The role earned Osment an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor and made him a star. But since then, few of his movies have scored well with critics or at box offices.

source:reuters

image:reuters:THE MIGHTY FALL....Acclaimed Sixth Sense actor Haley Joel Osment, pictured in 2001 at the premiere of Steven Spielberg's film Artificial Intelligence, has been arrested and faces drugs and drunk-driving charges.

[Excrement_Cranium]

I see drunk people...

[Shawn]

Is that what he still looks like?

Good luck getting serious roles bud.

[DudeAsInCool]

They should have seen the Signs so this wouldn't have happened Actually, if this had happened to me as a teen, it wouldn't have been household news... leave the poor kid alone is what I say and let him deal with the problem with his parents

[KiwiCoromandel]

I see drunk people...

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