Nick Lachey Ordered to Attend Anger Management and AA Meetings After Heated Exchange With Photographer: Report

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Nick Lachey has been ordered to attend anger management classes and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Multiple outlets report the 49-year-old singer's court-ordered classes come after he was charged with assault and battery following a heated exchange with photographer Jody Santos in March 2022.

ET has reached out to both Lachey and the Beverly Hills Police Department for comment.The incident in question happened one year ago, when photographers snapped pics of Lachey out to dinner with his wife, Vanessa Lachey, and a friend.

In an interview with , who was first to report the news, Santos explained what led to the heated altercation.«He flipped me off and then I heard Vanessa say, 'Go get 'em, open the door' and then he started walking towards my car all aggressive,» Santos said. «I immediately locked my door and rolled up my window as fast as I could.

He then started punching the window. I thought he was going to break his hand, that's how hard he was hitting the glass. I am surprised he didn't shatter the window.»Santos noted that she's «relieved» that she rolled up her window, because, if she hadn't, she believes there's «no doubt» that Lachey «would have knocked me out.» Santos claimed that Lachey called her a «p**sy mother f**ker, shoved his arm through my car window, and tried to grab my cell phone,» adding that she «could smell alcohol on his breath for sure.»«What he did was wrong,» she said. «Attempting to bust his fist through my car window when all I was doing was taking photographs of him.