Actor Haley Joel Osment was captured on police video using an antisemitic slur and suggesting he may seek to “punish” people who’ve “inconvenienced” him after his arrest on suspicion of public intoxication at a California ski lodge.
Osment, who gained fame as a child actor in “Forrest Gump” and “The Sixth Sense,” was charged with possession of cocaine and disorderly conduct — under the influence of alcohol in public, both misdemeanors, the Mono County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Body camera video of the April 8 incident at Mammoth Mountain, a well-known ski area south of Yosemite National Park, shows ski patrol telling responding police that Osment had gone to the bar and ordered a drink but appeared very intoxicated and became argumentative.
Police bodycam shows Haley Joel Osment being detained in Mammoth Lakes, Calif.Mammoth Lakes Police Department
When Osment tried to get on the lift, a member of the ski patrol said, the operator refused to load it and he was escorted to the parking lot.
When officers placed handcuffs on Osment, the video shows, the actor can be heard saying that he’s being attacked. When an officer asks him his name, Osment responds: “I’m an American.”
On the ride to Mono County jail, Osment apologized to the officer, body camera video shows. But after the officer tells him he’ll be booked and placed in a holding cell, Osment can be heard saying, “What if I had a really, really good lawyer?”
“That’s after the fact,” the officer responds.
Moments later, Osment appears to question the officer about wanting to “punish people for how much they’ve inconvenienced me.” The officer doesn’t respond.
Later, Osment can be heard telling the officer that he’s been “kidnapped by a f—— Nazi” and complaining about the handcuffs.
“You’re torturing me,” Osment can be heard saying in the video. “I know who you are. I will never forget it.”
A few minutes later, Osment can be heard saying: “You’ll wish you treated me nicer. Yes you will.”
Osment can then be heard using an expletive and an antisemitic slur to describe the officer, who doesn’t respond.
Osment did not respond to a request for comment. But he told the New York Post that he was “absolutely horrified by my behavior. Had I known I used this disgraceful language in the throes of a blackout, I would have spoken up sooner.”
“The past few months of loss and displacement have broken me down to a very low emotional place,” he told the outlet.
Earlier this year, the actor’s home in Altadena was destroyed in the deadly Eaton Fire.
Austin Mullen contributed.
