Stars with Hot Tempers

By CINDY LA ROSA

NEW YORK (CBS) From racist and sexist statements to committing assault, some of Hollywood's stars have let their hot tempers get the best of them.

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Most recently, Charlie Sheen pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor third-degree assault on his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, after an argument they had on Christmas Day 2009. The star of "Two and a Half Men" avoided jail time but was sentenced 30 days in a rehabilitation center, 30 days of probation, and 36 hours of anger management. He has up to 30 days to report to the Promises Treatment Center in California.

Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest in 2006, and the anti-Semitic remarks that were made during that arrest, became infamous. More recently, the star's temper is in the spotlight again, with allegations that he may have assaulted his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. Audio tapes supposedly of the Oscar-winner were posted on the Internet, in which a man purported to be Gibson makes racist and sexist remarks during profanity-laced rants with Grigorieva.

A few others:

-Naomi Campbell did a week of community service in 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault for hurling a cell phone at her maid because of a vanished pair of jeans. 

-Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation and 180 days of community labor in August 2009 for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna.

-Kanye West was charged with one count of misdemeanor vandalism, one count of grand theft and one count of battery after a 2008 altercation with a photographer.

-Courtney Love was arrested in 2003 for breaking windows to enter the home of her boyfriend, manager and producer, Jim Barber (He did not press charges).

-Sean Penn was charged with battery and vandalism after he allegedly approached and kicked a photographer in 2009.

-Christian Bale was accused of assaulting his mother and sister at London's Dorchester Hotel in July 2008, but no charges were filed.

-Russell Crowe was arrested in New York in 2005 for throwing a telephone at a hotel employee and charged with a second-degree assault and fourth-degree assault with a deadly weapon.