Kiefer Sutherland Off the Hook for Head-Butt

Manhattan D.A. not pressing charges for lame, but not criminal, behavior

By Natalie Finn Jul 21, 2009 10:13 PMTags
Kiefer SutherlandSteve Granitz/Getty Images

What Kiefer Sutherland did was pretty dumb, but not criminal.

As expected, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has opted not to prosecute the actor for misdemeanor assault in connection with his fight with designer Jack McCollough in May.

New York police threw the book at Sutherland in April, but the case had been going nowhere since the 24 star and McCollough issued a joint "all is well" statement not long after Sutherland's head met McCollough's nose in one of the dirtiest cheap shots since Johnny swept the leg in Karate Kid.

"Do you think that you're Jack Bauer?" Late Night host Jimmy Fallon asked Sutherland during his May 21 appearance on the show.

"Absolutely not, absolutely not," the Emmy winner said. "I learned that really clearly the first season."

"We can joke about it, I guess," Sutherland added, "but it's something I really regret having happened."

Kiefer didn't get the full bad-boy (and girl) treatment this time around, but check out the time he did get his mug shot taken in our Mug-Shot Mania gallery.

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