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Amy Argetsinger
Copyright 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009; 10:11 PM

Kiefer Sutherland was charged yesterday with misdemeanor assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer outside an N.Y.C. nightspot. The "24" star turned himself in to police and was given a ticket and a court date, the Associated Press reports. (Does head-butting count as torture? Or is it okay in a ticking-time-bomb scenario?) Unclear if the charge will affect the actor's probation; he spent 48 days in an L.A. jail on a 2007 drunk driving charge.



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