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West did not appear at the progress hearing in Los Angeles
Superior Court, but his attorney Blair Berk said at the hearing
that her client has completed 228 out of 250 hours of community
service and will likely finish the rest by a Sept. 15 court
date, allowing him to fulfill the terms of his probation.
West was involved in a fight outside of Los Angeles
International Airport in July 2013 with photographer Daniel
Ramos, an incident that followed a 2008 encounter he had with a
photographer at the airport that had resulted in his arrest.
In a video posted by celebrity news website TMZ of the 2013
incident, the rapper appeared to lunge at Ramos, and prosecutors
accused him of trying to take equipment from the photographer.
West, who has been in the spotlight since his 2004 album "The
College Dropout," started garnering even more frequent paparazzi
attention when he began dating reality TV star Kim Kardashian in
2012. The couple has since married and they have a daughter,
North West.
In 2013, West pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and
grand theft charges stemming from the incident. In March 2014,
he was sentenced to two years of probation, which included a
requirement to complete community service and anger management
counseling.
Berk told Reuters on Tuesday that the rapper has completed all
of his anger management counseling.
West last year avoided a civil trial over the fracas when he
settled a lawsuit brought by Ramos.
(Reporting by Phoenix Tso, Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing
by Eric Beech)
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