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Penn charged in '09 photog scuffle

Actor Sean Penn, best actor for "Milk," appears backstage with his Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 22, 2009. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)
Actor Sean Penn, best actor for "Milk," appears backstage with his Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 22, 2009. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles City Attorney's office says it charged Sean Penn with two misdemeanors Friday in connection to a 2009 scuffle the actor had with a photographer.

Penn, 49, won Academy Awards for his work in "Mystic River" and "Milk."

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He is accused of kicking a paparazzo and breaking a camera Oct. 12 when the man tried to snap his picture on a residential street in Brentwood, Calif.

Penn was charged with one count of battery and vandalism and is to be arraigned March 22, People.com said.

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