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The Weeknd sentenced to community service over police officer assault
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 28 October 2015
The Weeknd has been sentenced to 50 hours of community service after pleading no contest to punching a police officer.
The singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, was arrested in January after punching a lawman who had arrived to break up a fight in which he had become involved at the Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas. The community service will be carried out in Tesfaye’s native Canada.
He was also ordered to pay $1000 to a fund for injured police officers, to complete an anger management course, and to take part in a scheme for people who offend after drinking too much.
