Nick Lachey.Photo: Roy Rochlin/GettyNick Lacheyis attending both anger management classes and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings following apublic clash with a paparazzalast year.TheLove Is Blindco-host, 49, is taking part in a prefiling diversion program, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirms to PEOPLE.“Mr. Lachey has not been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. Instead he is participating in LADA’s Prefiling Diversion program, which was established in 2017. As part of these conditions he must participate in anger management classes and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. “Successful completion of the Prefiling Diversion Program will result in no criminal charges being filed.“TheDaily Mailfirst reported the news. A rep for the star did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Participation in the program comes after Lachey reached into a photographer’s car in March 2022 and tried to grab her phone out of her hands after he spotted her taking a picture of him.The98 Degreessinger addressed the incident on Twitter shortly after it happened, and said he’d been “harassed” while walking back to his hotel after getting dinner with wifeVanessa Lacheyand a friend.“I clearly overreacted. I’ve been in this game long enough to know that their antics are sadly part of the deal,” he wrote at the time. “Stupid of me. Done.“He lateradded: “However, for TMZ or anyone else to say that I was violent or that I ‘got physical’ with someone is reckless and absolutely false. Once again, TMZ likes to create their own clickbait narrative. Life’s too short, we move on.“Video of the incident was published onTMZin March 2022, and showed Lachey reaching into the woman’s car and trying to grab her phone out of her hands.After he walked away, the photographer rolled down her window and asked what he was “so mad for,” which prompted him to turn back around, the outlet reported. When he noticed she was filming, he reached into the car and tried to grab her phone, then laughed and stuck his tongue out before walking away to join Vanessa and their friend.
Nick Lachey.Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty

Nick Lacheyis attending both anger management classes and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings following apublic clash with a paparazzalast year.TheLove Is Blindco-host, 49, is taking part in a prefiling diversion program, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirms to PEOPLE.“Mr. Lachey has not been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. Instead he is participating in LADA’s Prefiling Diversion program, which was established in 2017. As part of these conditions he must participate in anger management classes and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. “Successful completion of the Prefiling Diversion Program will result in no criminal charges being filed.“TheDaily Mailfirst reported the news. A rep for the star did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Participation in the program comes after Lachey reached into a photographer’s car in March 2022 and tried to grab her phone out of her hands after he spotted her taking a picture of him.The98 Degreessinger addressed the incident on Twitter shortly after it happened, and said he’d been “harassed” while walking back to his hotel after getting dinner with wifeVanessa Lacheyand a friend.“I clearly overreacted. I’ve been in this game long enough to know that their antics are sadly part of the deal,” he wrote at the time. “Stupid of me. Done.“He lateradded: “However, for TMZ or anyone else to say that I was violent or that I ‘got physical’ with someone is reckless and absolutely false. Once again, TMZ likes to create their own clickbait narrative. Life’s too short, we move on.“Video of the incident was published onTMZin March 2022, and showed Lachey reaching into the woman’s car and trying to grab her phone out of her hands.After he walked away, the photographer rolled down her window and asked what he was “so mad for,” which prompted him to turn back around, the outlet reported. When he noticed she was filming, he reached into the car and tried to grab her phone, then laughed and stuck his tongue out before walking away to join Vanessa and their friend.
Nick Lacheyis attending both anger management classes and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings following apublic clash with a paparazzalast year.
TheLove Is Blindco-host, 49, is taking part in a prefiling diversion program, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirms to PEOPLE.
“Mr. Lachey has not been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. Instead he is participating in LADA’s Prefiling Diversion program, which was established in 2017. As part of these conditions he must participate in anger management classes and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. “Successful completion of the Prefiling Diversion Program will result in no criminal charges being filed.”
TheDaily Mailfirst reported the news. A rep for the star did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Participation in the program comes after Lachey reached into a photographer’s car in March 2022 and tried to grab her phone out of her hands after he spotted her taking a picture of him.
The98 Degreessinger addressed the incident on Twitter shortly after it happened, and said he’d been “harassed” while walking back to his hotel after getting dinner with wifeVanessa Lacheyand a friend.
“I clearly overreacted. I’ve been in this game long enough to know that their antics are sadly part of the deal,” he wrote at the time. “Stupid of me. Done.”
He lateradded: “However, for TMZ or anyone else to say that I was violent or that I ‘got physical’ with someone is reckless and absolutely false. Once again, TMZ likes to create their own clickbait narrative. Life’s too short, we move on.”
Video of the incident was published onTMZin March 2022, and showed Lachey reaching into the woman’s car and trying to grab her phone out of her hands.
After he walked away, the photographer rolled down her window and asked what he was “so mad for,” which prompted him to turn back around, the outlet reported. When he noticed she was filming, he reached into the car and tried to grab her phone, then laughed and stuck his tongue out before walking away to join Vanessa and their friend.
source: people.com