Haley Joel Osment: He is “absolutely horrified” about his behavior

Haley Joel Osment (37) deeply regretted his derailment and, above all, his verbal failure during the recent arrest. The actor, which became known by the film “The Sixth Sense”, was arrested on April 8 in a ski area in Mammoth Lakes, California, for public drunk and drug possession. , the public prosecutor’s office of the Mono County district announced on April 17 that charges were charged against the actor for cocaine ownership and disregardable behavior.

On bodycam recordings that are available to the sheet, it can be seen how Osment repeatedly claims that he is “attacked” during the arrest. When he is asked for his name, he only replies: “I am an American.” During the search, the officials found a $ 20 license with a suspicious substance. In a police car, Osment is said to have later insulted a police officer with an anti -Semitic insult.

In a statement that the actor published on April 17, he apologized for his derailment: “I am absolutely horrified by my behavior. If I had known that I used this shameful language in a blackout, I would have expressed myself earlier.” Osment explains that the past few months were characterized by loss and displacement that had brought him to a “very low emotional point”.

The 37-year-old lost his home in January at a fire in Altadena, California. “But that’s not an excuse for using this hideous word,” he emphasizes. “From the bottom of my heart I apologize to everyone who hurt. What came out of my mouth was nonsensical garbage – I let the Jewish community down, and that shakes me. I don’t ask for the forgiveness of someone, but I promise to pay for my terrible mistake.”

According to eyewitness reports, Osment is said to have drunk in a bar near the incident. After spilling a drink, the further serving was denied by the employees. When he tried to use a ski lift, the employees there did not let him through and called the police.

For the 37-year-old, it is not the first arrest in connection with alcohol. In 2006 Osment suffered shoulder and rib injuries after building an accident with his car under the influence of alcohol. At the time, he was guilty and was sentenced to three years of probation, 60 hours of alcohol rehabilitation, six-month participation in AA meetings and a fine of $ 1,500.

Haley Joel Osment became world famous in M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller “The Sixth Sense” through his role as a little boy who can see dead people. At the age of only eleven years old, he received an Oscar nomination as the best supporting actor. In the following years he was seen in films such as Steven Spielberg’s “Ai – Artificial Intelligence”.

After his career as a child star, he appeared as an adult in various film and television productions, including “Entourage”, “The Boys”, “The Kominsky Method” and “Future Man”. Most recently, he was seen in projects such as “what we do in the shadows”.