Kanye West Gets Community Service in Case

Kanye West Sentenced to Community Service, Anger Management Class

UPDATE: 10/24/09: A judege ordered Kanye West and his business manager to complete 50 hours of community service in exchange for the dismissal of charges stemming from a Los Angeles airport scuffle with paparazzi last year, according to CNN.

West has already attended 12 hours of anger management classes and paid for the camera that was broken during the incident, his lawyer told the judge during a hearing Friday morning.—ZH

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Kanye West Pleads Not Guilty in Camera-Smashing Case

Remember back in September 2008 when rapper Kanye West got into a scuffle with the paparazzi at L.A. International Airport? Well, his case has finally come to court and West, 31, pleaded not guilty, according to People.com. His attorney, Blair Berk, was in court on his behalf defending his client against misdemeanor vandalism, battery and grand theft during an altercation with a photographer whose camera was smashed in the process.—WLW