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Haley Joel Osment charged with cocaine possession and being drunk in public

The Oscar-nominated actor, 37, who starred as a child in films AI and The Sixth Sense, was arrested on April 8 at a California ski resort

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Haley Joel Osment in Los Angeles in March. The Oscar-nominated actor has been charged with public intoxication and cocaine possession. Photo: Invision / AP
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Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment has been charged with public intoxication and cocaine possession after his arrest earlier this month at a Northern California ski resort.

The Mono County District Attorney’s office announced the misdemeanour charges Thursday against the 37-year-old actor, who starred as a child in films The Sixth Sense and A.I.

Osment was arrested on April 8 at the Mammoth Mountain ski resort on suspicion of public intoxication, District Attorney David Anderson said in a news release.

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The actor is due to attend a hearing on July 7.

His representative did not immediately return a message seeking comment on the charges on Thursday.

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Osment rose to fame and received a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for starring opposite Bruce Willis in M Night Shyamalan’s thriller The Sixth Sense. Two years later he starred in Steven Spielberg’s A.I. and has worked consistently as a voice actor since then. He has also appeared in the television series The Kominsky Method and What We Do in the Shadows.
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