Gary Coleman Pleads No Contest To Charge

Posted by: Tristan

Gary Coleman, former child star and current occasional reality TV show star, plead no contest to a disorderly conduct charge on Tuesday.

The 40-year-old former star of “Diff’rent Strokes” was ordered to pay a $100 fine in a Payson court Tuesday. He also pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge, which will be waived if he doesn’t have any other violations within a year.

According to court documents, Coleman, his wife and his bodyguard were going bowling in Payson, about 60 miles south of Salt Lake City, when Colt Rushton took a few photos of Coleman with his cell phone camera and took a few more of Coleman’s truck in the parking lot. Rushton’s lawyer says Coleman’s wife took Rushton’s cell phone, a scuffle ensued and then Coleman ran into Rushton with his truck as he was backing out of the parking lot.

For a man who’s so ill-tempered about people taking his picture, Coleman does seem to have put a lot of effort into looking like a rodeo clown.