Gerard Butler in the Clear Over Dustup With Photog

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Jan 6th 2010 08:27AM

A judge has dropped a misdemeanor battery charge against Gerard Butler over a run-in with a photographer after a movie premiere. Superior Court spokeswoman Mary Hearn says the charge was dismissed at a hearing Tuesday after the actor completed community service.

Butler could have faced up to six months in jail if convicted. His attorney, Blair Berk, declined to comment.

City prosecutors say the Scottish-born star of '300' scuffled with a photographer on Oct. 7, 2008 after leaving a premiere party for the film 'RocknRolla.'

His manager has said Butler was forced to have his driver stop the car after the photographer sped through red lights and almost struck two pedestrians.

City Attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan (Mah-tel-JAN') says prosecutors are "satisfied" with the outcome.

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Wednesday 06 January

By Nikki

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Soo hot! My favorite actor! Je t'aime Le Phantom Of the Opera!

By Susan

Those Scotts are so sexy!!

By Lori

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It makes you wonder whose side the courts are on when a papparazzi photographer can chase someone, nearly running down pedestrians and causing a dangerous hazard, but prosecute the celebrities who are the object of these money fueled obsessions, who are just trying to live their lives with some semblence of peace and privacy. The photographer should have been prosecuted for stalking and creating a public safety hazard.

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