Calif. prosecutor: Penn to be charged with battery
LOS ANGELES -- California prosecutors say actor Sean Penn faces battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation with a photographer in Brentwood last fall.
Spokesman Frank Mateljan with the Los Angeles city attorney's office says the two misdemeanor counts were expected to be filed later Friday.
A phone message for Penn's attorney, Barry Hirsch, was not immediately returned.
Mateljan says Penn kicked a photographer during a dustup in October. The photographer's camera also was damaged.
If convicted, Penn could face up to 18 months in jail.
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