Kiefer Charged With Assault

Jack Bauer will have to come up with quite the cunning plan to escape this imbroglio. The often-inebriated star of 24 has turned himself into cops, and is being charged with 3rd degree assault. The embarrassment occurred at a star-studded party Monday evening when fashion designer Jack McCollough attempted to slip by Brooke Shields, who was chatting with Sutherland at the bar. Though Shields insists McCullough did nothing inappropriate, Sutherland took exception, and the confrontation quickly escalated. McCullough ended up walking away with his nose split and filed a complaint the next day in the wake of "the vicious, violent, unprovoked assault," as his rep put it. The filming schedule of 24 may be delayed due to the arrest, which likely constitutes a violation of Sutherland's probation.