Emile Hirsch gets 15 days for assault

Actor Emile Hirsch will serve 15 days in jail after the Into the Wild star pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor assault charge for putting a female movie executive in a headlock during a film festival, a court official said.

Hirsch, 30, had initially faced a felony count of aggravated assault related to the January 25 attack on Daniele Bernfeld, which took place at the Tao nightclub in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival.

The actor could have faced up to five years in prison on that charge.