BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Actress makes...
BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS
Actress makes deal to avoid domestic abuse charges
Actress Tawny Kitaen-Finley volunteered to go through anger
management counseling instead of entering a plea to charges stemming
from her alleged physical fight with her estranged husband, former
Angels pitcher Chuck Finley, her attorney said Thursday.
Kitaen-Finley, 41, who appeared before Orange County Superior
Court Judge Pamela Iles on Wednesday, entered into a resolution with
the court to go through counseling for a year, after which the judge
will most likely dismiss the charges, attorney Blair Berk said.
“[Kitaen-Finley] is extremely pleased with what has happened,” she
said. “The judge treated it like any other case. In this case, there
was an allegation in the midst of a rather heated divorce matter. The
court treated her like anyone else. There was no special
consideration.”
The actress was charged with corporal injury on a spouse and
battery after Newport Beach police arrested her the night of April 2
at the couple’s Newport Coast home. Chuck Finley reportedly told
police that his wife scratched, beat and kicked him with her
high-heeled shoes when they were driving back home from dinner that
night. Finley filed for divorce two days after the alleged fight.
Berk said Kitaen-Finley will honor a restraining order that her
husband has against her. However, she is free to visit their two
children and live in Finley’s Newport Coast home, Berk added.
Kitaen-Finley is not required to make any further court appearances,
but Berk said she will update the judge on her client’s progress
every 90 days.
Person uninjured after Newport bridge fall
One person was uninjured after falling into the water off the
Arches Bridge Thursday afternoon, Newport Beach police said.
“It happens all the time,” said Newport Beach Police Sgt. Fred
Heinecke. “Kids are usually fooling around that place and somebody
ends up falling in the water.”
Police initially thought it was a jumper, but later learned it was
an accidental fall and not a deliberate attempt to jump off the
bridge, he said.
-- Deepa Bharath
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