Actor Haley Joel Osment, best known for his role in the 1999 thriller “The Sixth Sense,” is apologizing for using an antisemitic slur during his arrest at a California ski resort earlier this month.
Osment, 37, was arrested for public intoxication, possession of cocaine, and disorderly conduct at Mammoth Mountain on April 8. Video obtained by TMZ shows the actor being uncooperative as he tried to board a chairlift without his snowboard.
In police body camera footage obtained by People, Osment is seen allegedly hurling an antisemitic slur at an arresting officer and calling him a “Nazi.”
“I’m absolutely horrified by my behavior,” Osment said in a statement shared with People on Thursday. “Had I known I used this disgraceful language in the throes of a blackout, I would have spoken up sooner.”
Osment, who lost his Altadena, California, home in January’s Eaton Fire, has reportedly been struggling with his insurance company. His statement continued:
“The past few months of loss and displacement have broken me down to a very low emotional place. But that’s no excuse for using this disgusting word. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize to absolutely everyone that this hurts. What came out of my mouth was nonsensical garbage — I’ve let the Jewish community down and it devastates me. I don’t ask for anyone’s forgiveness, but I promise to atone for my terrible mistake.”
In addition to his iconic role in “The Sixth Sense,” Osment also starred in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” (2001) and “Secondhand Lions” (2003).
The Mammoth incident was not his first run-in with the law. In 2006, he was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving under the influence after a car crash.
In 2018, he was involved in a public scuffle at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Super Bowl Sunday.
