Paparazzi Harrasement May Lead Sean Penn to Jail

Actor-director Sean Penn was charged yesterday with battery and vandalism charges stemming from an altercation with a photographer in the Brentwood section of LA last fall.


Penn will be arraigned March 22 on the two misdemeanor charges.

Penn allegedly kicked a photographer during a dustup in October. The photographer's camera also was damaged. The incident was captured on a video posted by TMZ .com in which Penn is seen kicking at a photographer and repeatedly telling the photographer to "get out."


According to the new yprk post, if convicted, Penn could face up to 18 months in jail.


Penn is the latest actor charged for altercations with the paparazzi. Charges against rapper Kanye West and actor Gerard Butler were recently dismissed after both men completed community service after scuffles with celebrity photographers.