A probation officer caught on camera bending a teenager in half, who was charged with excessive force after The Times published footage of the incident, will receive no jail time under the terms of a plea deal offered Friday by L.A. County prosecutors.
Oscar Cross, 61, pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of assault and must complete 250 hours of community service and 30 in-person anger management classes, according to the terms laid out by L.A. County Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Dibble. If he abides by the terms of the deal, the case will be dismissed in one year.
Cross was charged with assault by a public officer in 2023, after the Times published video of the violent incident, which took place inside Camp Kilpatrick in Malibu in 2020. In the video, Cross is seen arguing with a then-17-year-old boy, identified as Beckham…