Coleman pleads no contest to charge

Former ‘Diff'rent Strokes’ star must pay $100 fine

	Actor Gary Coleman has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a September incident at a bowling alley.
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updated 6:16 p.m. ET Dec. 2, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY - Gary Coleman has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a September incident at a bowling alley.

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.

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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.