Actor Gary Dourdan is working out a plea deal with Los Angeles prosecutors relating to an alleged altercation with his ex-girlfriend last year.
The former CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star was arrested on suspicion of felony battery charges in November, amid claims he had punched Nicole Cannizzaro in the face and broken her nose during a fight at a house in Venice, California.
Dourdan returned to court on Thursday, when his attorney John Markham told Judge James Dabney that there was a "heavy potential for disposition" to bring the case to an end, reports Eonline.com.
Prosecutors have offered the actor the chance to avoid jail and be placed on probation, as long as he enrols in and completes a treatment programme within 18 months. It is not yet known what type of treatment Dourdan will undertake.
The actor, who has been working in Germany, insists he is innocent of the charges.
He is due back in court for a status hearing on 25 June.
A bench warrant was issued for Dourdan's arrest last month when he missed a hearing in relation to the case, but the warrant was recalled days later when he jetted back to L.A. from Germany just in time to make a second court appearance.
The former CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star was arrested on suspicion of felony battery charges in November, amid claims he had punched Nicole Cannizzaro in the face and broken her nose during a fight at a house in Venice, California.
Dourdan returned to court on Thursday, when his attorney John Markham told Judge James Dabney that there was a "heavy potential for disposition" to bring the case to an end, reports Eonline.com.
Prosecutors have offered the actor the chance to avoid jail and be placed on probation, as long as he enrols in and completes a treatment programme within 18 months. It is not yet known what type of treatment Dourdan will undertake.
The actor, who has been working in Germany, insists he is innocent of the charges.
He is due back in court for a status hearing on 25 June.
A bench warrant was issued for Dourdan's arrest last month when he missed a hearing in relation to the case, but the warrant was recalled days later when he jetted back to L.A. from Germany just in time to make a second court appearance.
- 6/7/2012
- WENN
Gary Dourdan's domestic violence case involving his ex-girlfriend may be close to reaching the finish line. The ex-csi star and his attorney John Markham were back in a Los Angeles courtroom this morning, where Markham told Judge James Dabney that "a heavy potential for disposition" was in place and that he and the district attorney's office have had discussions of potential offers to put this case to bed. Dourdan was busted back in November 2011 on felony battery charges after his ex-girlfriend, Nicole Vail Cannizzaro, claims the 45-year-old thesp punched her in the face and broke her nose during an altercation at his house in Venice, Calif. Dourdan has claimed...
- 6/7/2012
- E! Online
Ex-csi star Gary Dourdan's got to channel the Amazing Race if he wants to avoid the slammer. The trouble-prone actor was on the receiving end of a bench warrant this morning after being Mia for a mandatory court hearing in his domestic violence case. And the clock's ticking before he could wind up back behind bars. Dourdan has been working on a project in Morocco and, per his attorneys, was unable to make his scheduled flight from Frankfurt in time to make the pretrial hearing this morning. Further complicating matters: Dourdan's lead attorney John Markham was also not in attendance due to his son's graduation ceremony from Columbia Law School. A frantic special attorney...
- 5/21/2012
- E! Online
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