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Lawyer: Hirsch in rehab, doesn’t remember attacking exec

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2014 file photo, actor Emile Hirsch attends the The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit in New York. wrote in a statement obtained Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, that his client was so drunk that he doesn't remember the night he is accused of attacking a studio executive in Utah. Authorities say Hirsch put a woman in a chokehold during an altercation at a Utah nightclub that occurred on Jan. 25, during the Sundance Film Festival. He faces a felony charge of aggravated assault. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2014 file photo, actor Emile Hirsch attends the The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit in New York. wrote in a statement obtained Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, that his client was so drunk that he doesn't remember the night he is accused of attacking a studio executive in Utah. Authorities say Hirsch put a woman in a chokehold during an altercation at a Utah nightclub that occurred on Jan. 25, during the Sundance Film Festival. He faces a felony charge of aggravated assault. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2014 file photo, actor Emile Hirsch attends the The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit in New York. wrote in a statement obtained Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, that his client was so drunk that he doesn't remember the night he is accused of attacking a studio executive in Utah. Authorities say Hirsch put a woman in a chokehold during an altercation at a Utah nightclub that occurred on Jan. 25, during the Sundance Film Festival. He faces a felony charge of aggravated assault. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – An attorney for actor Emile Hirsch says the actor does not remember the night he is accused of attacking a studio executive because he was drunk.

Attorney Robert Offer wrote in a statement obtained Friday that Hirsch is taking the allegations seriously and is “devastated” about the charges. Offer states the actor is in a rehab facility for treatment for alcohol abuse.

The “Into the Wild” actor was charged in Utah Thursday with felony aggravated assault over an incident in which a studio executive accused Hirsch of placing her in a headlock and dragging her across a nightclub table in late January.

The 29-year-old actor is scheduled to make his first court appearance on March 16. Hirsch also faces a misdemeanor count of intoxication.

Hirsch is charged with attacking Daniele Bernfeld, an executive at Insurge Pictures, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.