No charges for Nicolas Cage in New Orleans

No charges for Nicolas Cage in New Orleans

Nicolas Cage will not face criminal charges stemming from his April 16 arrest in New Orleans.

Cage was arrested in the French Quarter after he grabbed his wife's arm and pounded on cars in a drunken argument about whether a nearby house was the one they were renting. He was booked with domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness.

Dog the Bounty Hunter, a.k.a. Duane Chapman, put up the $11,000 bond to get him out of jail.

Today, Cage's attorney, Harry Rosenberg, told AP that the Orleans Parish district attorney's office refused the charges. District attorney spokesman Christopher Bowman says prosecutors determined "the conduct did not amount to criminal conduct."

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