# Alec Baldwin Pleads Guilty to Harassment Charges

*Follow WHIP* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WHIPRADIO) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/whipradiotu/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/whipradio/)WRITTEN BY: Cassandra Dotts(January 25, 2019) On January 23, 2019, Alec Baldwin pleaded guilty to a second-degree harassment charge from November of last year. According to [E! News Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/983268/alec-baldwin-arrested-for-alleged-assault) Baldwin was involved in an altercation over a parking spot that ended in the harassment and assault charges. From this charge, Baldwin is required to participate in anger management to help prevent any future altercations.From [E! News](https://www.eonline.com/news/983268/alec-baldwin-arrested-for-alleged-assault), Baldwin’s statements regarding the charged were as followed:“1- At the Criminal Court bldg on Centre Street, I pled guilty to a charge of harassment, a violation," Baldwin tweeted, "In that building today there are 3 murder trials scheduled, one involving a white supremacist who killed someone in Times Square. All the press was outside the courtroom I was in.” 2- the press reported that I punched someone," he continued. "That is untrue, and that is a serious charge. A man was punched in NY recently and died. 3- nothing that resembles justice ever enters or leaves any courtroom. This country. 4- The vermin at Fox News continues to tell a story about 'an alleged punch.' There are three cameras in front of my building.”For any more information, refer to [E! News Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/983268/alec-baldwin-arrested-for-alleged-assault) for the full story.