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Kiefer Sutherland charged with assault for head-butt

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2009 | 6:52 PM ET

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Kiefer Sutherland, shown as he arrives at the Fox Fall Eco-Casino party in Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 2007, was charged with assault Thursday.Kiefer Sutherland, shown as he arrives at the Fox Fall Eco-Casino party in Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 2007, was charged with assault Thursday. (Matt Sayles/Associated Press)

Kiefer Sutherland has been charged with assault amid allegations he head-butted a fashion designer at a Manhattan nightclub.

New York police said the misdemeanour charges were filed after Sutherland spoke to investigators at a precinct in lower Manhattan on Thursday.

The star of Fox television's show 24 reported to the precinct in a Lincoln Town Car alongside his lawyers, but did not speak to reporters.

Sutherland, the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, was given a ticket and ordered to appear in court at a later date.

It is a minor misdemeanour akin to a speeding ticket.

The designer, Jack McCollough, alleges Sutherland attacked him after an argument, leaving him with a cut on his face.

It's unclear whether the charges will affect his probation status for a drunk-driving conviction in Los Angeles that sent him to jail for 48 days last year.

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