Haley Joel Osment Apologizes After He Used Antisemitic Slur in Police Arrest Footage

Haley Joel Osment is apologizing after utilizing racial slurs towards a police officer whereas being arrested earlier this month.

The actor, 37, was arrested and booked for alleged public intoxication and possession of a managed substance at a ski lodge in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., on Tuesday, April 8. On Thursday, April 17, the Mono County District Legal professional’s workplace mentioned in a press release he was charged with possession of cocaine and disorderly conduct, and his arraignment is scheduled for June 7.

He’s now issuing an apology for the “disgraceful language” he used whereas being arrested.

“I’m completely horrified by my conduct. Had I identified I used this disgraceful language within the throes of a blackout, I’d have spoken up sooner,” Osment says in a press release shared with PEOPLE on Thursday, April 17. “The previous few months of loss and displacement have damaged me all the way down to a really low emotional place.” 

Osment — who misplaced his dwelling within the Altadena, Calif., dwelling within the Eaton Hearth in January — continued: “However that’s no excuse for utilizing this disgusting phrase. From the underside of my coronary heart, I apologize to completely everybody that this hurts. What got here out of my mouth was nonsensical rubbish – I’ve let the Jewish group down and it devastates me. I don’t ask for anybody’s forgiveness, however I promise to atone for my horrible mistake.”

In bodycam footage obtained by PEOPLE on Thursday, Osment is seen being positioned below arrest and heard repeatedly claiming, “I am being attacked.”

When requested for his title, Osment repeats, “I am an American.”

Police then search the actor and recuperate a $20 invoice earlier than placing him in a police automotive. Whereas talking with bystanders on the scene, the officer unfolds the invoice and discovers a substance inside, telling these round to “watch out.”

It is unclear what was contained in the $20 invoice. A police supply solely advised PEOPLE on Wednesday that the “managed substance” Osment was arrested for “is presumed to be cocaine. We despatched it for testing. We could have the outcomes quickly.”

The bodycam footage additionally exhibits one witness telling an officer that Osment was consuming at a close-by bar, nevertheless, staff minimize him off after he spilled a drink. He grew to become “aggravated” and “argumentative” and tried to get on a ski elevate, however staff would not let him and known as police, the witness alleged.

In bodycam footage from contained in the automotive, Osment is heard saying, “I am being kidnapped by a f—— Nazi.” He later calls the arresting officer a racial, antisemitic slur.

The actor has had authorized bother earlier than. In 2018, police had been known as when Osment had a public verbal scuffle at McCarran Worldwide Airport in Las Vegas on Tremendous Bowl Sunday in 2018. 

In 2006, when he was 18, Osment was charged with misdemeanor drunk driving after he was injured in a automotive accident. He later pleaded no contest to 1 rely of driving inebriated and one rely of possession of marijuana and was sentenced to a few years of probation.

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