Laguna Beach Boy Charged in Seattle Scuffle

Fri., May. 11, 2007 8:23 PM PDT by

Jason Wahler's life hasn't been a day at the beach for some time.

Just days after the embattled bad boy from MTV's The Hills and Laguna Beach began his quest for redemption and checked into rehab, the Seattle City Attorney's Office charged him with assault, criminal trespass and underage drinking in connection with his Apr. 8 bust—his fourth in less than a year—for allegedly punching a hotel security guard and passing out in the hallway of a Marriott.

Wahler, who really needs to work on his behavior around authority figures, is looking at a 10-day jail sentence, a $4,500 fine and chemical dependency counseling if he's convicted on all three misdemeanor counts.

Further complications could ensue if Wahler is also found to have violated the probation he received after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery in March. The 20-year-old reality-TV star was arrested after punching a tow-truck driver and a Los Angeles Department of Transportation worker whose vehicles were blocking his way on Wilshire Boulevard.

According to L.A. police, Wahler and his passenger at the time, model Kristin DeLuca, also hurled racial epithets at the two men, both of whom are black.

Wahler was sentenced to three years probation and 60 days in jail for that little stunt, but an L.A. County judge suspended his sentence, which was supposed to begin by May 4, so that he could enter an alcohol treatment program. (DeLuca was slapped with two years probation and a suspended 120-day jail sentence.)

On the night of his Seattle meltdown last month, according to local police, Wahler was engaging in a drunken scuffle with two people in the lobby of the Waterfront Marriott Hotel at about 12:30 a.m. when a security guard approached to warn them to settle down or get out.

The guard told police that Wahler pushed him in the chest and punched him in the mouth when he tried to intervene, and that a third party had to wrestle with the former Beach bum to restrain him. Wahler left the hotel briefly but soon returned, after which two police officers found him passed out on the third floor, reeking of booze.

Wahler also allegedly unleashed a flurry of racial, homophobic and financial slurs (he called one of the cops a "poor f--k," among other things) before he was taken into custody at King County Jail. He was released about nine hours later after posting $1,140 bail.

Although Wahler is said to currently be in rehab, he has a court date on May 23 in Greenville, North Carolina, to answer to charges of underage drinking and resisting a public officer, stemming from his arrest during a nightclub raid in March.

Making him a man for all seasons, Wahler was also arrested during the wee hours of Sept. 1 in New York for possessing an illegal substance, bribery, disorderly conduct and—big surprise—resisting arrest.

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