Actor Haley Joel Osment has been hit with two misdemeanor charges arising from his arrest last week in the California ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes.
Mono County District Attorney David Anderson announced Thursday that the Sixth Sense star, 37, was charged with possession of cocaine and disorderly conduct: under the influence of alcohol in public. He is due to be arraigned in the Mammoth Lakes branch of the Mono County Superior Court on July 7.
News of the charges came a day after a Mammoth Lakes Police Department spokesperson confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that Osment was booked April 8 for alleged public intoxication and possession of an unidentified controlled substance. Identified as an “unruly skier” in a police media bulletin, Osment was held by ski patrol until law enforcement arrived on the scene, authorities said.
Haley Joel Osment’s booking photo. Mono County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Jason Heilman of the Mammoth Lakes PD told EW on Wednesday evening that Osment was no longer in custody.
Representatives for Osment didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
Osment is best known for his breakthrough role in M. Night Shyamalan‘s 1999 thriller The Sixth Sense, which earned him an Academy Award nomination at age 11. He’s worked in film and television since then, recently appearing in Zoe Kravitz‘s feature directorial debut, Blink Twice, and on the FX comedy What We Do in the Shadows.
This isn’t Osment’s first run-in with the law. In 2018, he was involved in a verbal scuffle at an airport in Las Vegas. Police were called to the scene when the “unruly passenger” got angry at an airline agent after missing a flight, but Osment was not present when officers arrived. He reportedly returned to the scene and made verbal threats, but was gone again when police returned.
Osment was also charged with a DUI and marijuana possession in 2006, following a car crash in which he broke his rib. He eventually pleaded no contest, was sentenced to three years on probation, and was ordered to attend both an alcohol rehabilitation and education program and more than two dozen Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Haley Joel Osment at PaleyFest L.A. in 2025. Kevin Winter/Getty
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Earlier this year, Osment’s sister, the actress Emily Osment, revealed that her brother had lost his home in the Eaton fire that devastated the Altadena area of Los Angeles. In a Jan. 26 Instagram post, she wrote that she was “devastated for my mother, my father, and my brother who lost their homes in the Altadena fire,” urging her followers to “donate and show up and be there for those who are struggling right now.”
[This article has been updated with news of Osment being criminally charged.]
