WEST CLEARED OF BATTERY CHARGES
KANYE WEST has had battery charges relating to a 2008 bust-up with photog= raphers dropped after completing his court-ordered community service.
The Stronger hitmaker and his manager, Don Crowley, were charged with v= andalism, battery and grand theft after smashing camera equipment belongi= ng to two snappers at Los Angeles International Airport on 11 September, = 2008.
In October (09), a Los Angeles judge agreed to have the case dismissed = on the condition that West and Crowley each performed 50 hours of communi= ty service. The pair also agreed to take an anger management class.
West’s lawyer, Blair Berk, and Crowley’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley= , returned to court on Friday (29Jan10) to show proof of their clients’ c= ommunity work for the Red Cross and the case was dismissed, reports TMZ.c= om.
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