Former child actor Haley Joel Osment was caught on video spewing antisemitic slurs and calling a police officer a "f----- Nazi" during an April 8 arrest, the Daily Caller reported. The newly released police body camera footage showed the "Sixth Sense" actor being handcuffed for public intoxication.
The 37-year-old was busted at California's Mammoth Mountain ski resort. Osment was arrested for public intoxication, but police found cocaine residue in his ski helmet in the course of the arrest.
The "Secondhand Lions" actor was uncooperative and initially refused to give his name to the arresting officers. "I’m an American," he told officers flippantly.
"Well, you’re under arrest now," the officer told Osment. Police cuffed Osment, whose ski pants were inexplicably unbuttoned and falling down as he struggled to stand up and follow instructions. He was taken into police custody only briefly and was later released.
Osment found himself in an embarrassing situation after ski patrol and the police were called to the area around 2 p.m. for reports of an intoxicated individual, the New York Post reported. They encountered the former child actor, who was combative and sometimes uncooperative.
The police video was heavily redacted, but it showed Osment hurling insults at police. "I’ve been kidnapped by a f------- Nazi," Osment yelled at one point and insisted he was "being attack." He also said the officers were "torturing me."
However, officers were using restraint even as Osment was causing trouble for them as they tried to do their job. At one point, they had to tell him to "use your legs and stand up" while trying to take him into custody.
Once in the back of the police car, Osment continued his tirade, telling officers they were "f------ with my life." He also used an anti-Jewish slur at one of the officers, insisting, "I was decent to you and you, and you are a f------ k---," Osment said.
Haley Joel Osment hurls anti-Jewish slurs at cops in shocking arrest video, releases apology: ‘Absolutely horrified by my behavior’ https://t.co/oI0aszylsA pic.twitter.com/0pueqL16F0
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Osment's life has taken a turn for the worse, but this isn't the first time he's had a run-in with the law over substance abuse. In 2006, Osment was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he hit a mailbox and overturned his vehicle.
In a statement to The Post, Osment expressed regret about his behavior during the recent arrest and said he would "promise to atone for my terrible mistake." He explained that he has been in a bad way since he lost his home in January to one of the wildfires in Altadena.
"I’m 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," Osment claimed. "The past few months of loss and displacement have broken me down to a very low emotional place," he added.
"But that’s no excuse for using this disgusting word. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize to absolutely everyone that this hurts. What came out of my mouth was nonsensical garbage – I’ve let the Jewish community down and it devastates me," Osment said
Osment is not the only child star to have a tumultuous adult life, but that doesn't make it any better for him. Hopefully, this latest humiliating encounter will be a wake-up call for Osment.
