Canadian singer The Weeknd has managed to avoid jail time in the United States after punching a Las Vegas police officer.
According to court documents, the singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has agreed to "stay out of trouble" in exchange for having the case dismissed.
He also pledged to do 50 hours of community work in his native Canada, to contribute US$1000 to a fund for injured police officers, and to undergo counselling.
The 25-year-old R&B singer was arrested in January at the Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas after police were called in to break up a fight. He punched a police officer and was arrested following the incident.
The legal trouble came as The Weeknd was establishing himself as a major star with his album Beauty Behind the Madness, which spent three weeks at number one on the US chart.
