Kiefer Sutherland Charged With Assault

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Kiefer Sutherland has been charged with assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a Manhattan nightclub. The NYPD said charges were filed after Sutherland reported to investigators at a police station in Manhattan, the AP reports.
Sutherland arrived in a Lincoln Town Car on Thursday with his lawyers. He did not speak to reporters as he entered the precinct house in lower Manhattan.
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The '24' star, whose character Jack Bauer is known for his butt-kicking ways, is accused of hitting fashion designer Jack McCollough after McCollough knocked Brooke Shields over at the Met Costume Gala's after party, TMZ reports.
According to TMZ, Sutherland saw the designer push Shields, and went over to him and told him to apologize. When McCollough didn't, the actor headbutted him, causing lacerations to his face and a possible broken nose.
However, Brooke Shields denies that she had anything to do with the altercation. Her rep tells TMZ that although witnesses saw McCollough knock her over, "Jack did nothing inappropriate. It's not clear what caused Kiefer to do what he did."
When asked if McCollough touched her, her reps responded, "We don't know." The law enforcement official tells the AP that Shields may be interviewed by the police as a witness.
Sutherland is no stranger to troubles with the law. He was released from a Glendale, Calif., jail last year after serving 48 days on a drunken driving charge. He had pleaded no contest to driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit. He was sentenced to 30 days, as well as 18 days for violating probation in a 2004 drunken driving arrest.
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