Sean Combs could face anger management classes after UCLA altercation

Rapper Sean Combs could be required to attend anger management classes in connection with his arrest at UCLA earlier this year during an altercation with one of his son’s football coaches.

UCLA police accused Combs in June of several serious crimes, including assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats and battery, after he allegedly swung a kettle-bell weight during a confrontation at a UCLA gym.

But county prosecutors chose not to file felony charges.

Law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said the decision was based in part on the fact that Combs waved the kettle bell at several people in the gym and that no one was seriously injured. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

Rob Wilcox, Los Angeles city attorney’s spokesman, said Combs will have a hearing Oct. 15. At that hearing, he said, a determination could be made about whether Combs should face a misdemeanor charge or be given an alternative resolution, such as anger management classes.

Combs’ spokesperson has insisted that the rapper’s actions in the gym were “solely defensive in nature to protect himself and his son.”

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