There was no elaborate performance Alec learned that he was receiving a court order to take classes to help him better manage the explosive temper that has gotten him front-page treatment in the past. The order came down when he pleaded guilty to harassment charges in relation to a 2018 argument over a parking spot not far from his home in Greenwich Village. Though it’s not his first display of public rage, the sentence was relatively light, giving him a non-criminal violation and a fine totaling just $120.
Bladwin, who has found a recurring role on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, displaying a boisterous impersonation of the president, found himself uncommonly stiff and quiet as he made his way down the stairs of the Centre Street courthouse. Moments before, the 60-year-old 30 Rock star was inside, listening to prosecutors detail their review of surveillance footage of the incident the information of medical reports, and interviews held with the victim in question. However, Alec found himself in an enviable position, were he anyone else. According to Assistant District Attorney Ryan Lipes because “Alec does not have a criminal record, we are prepared to offer a harassment violation in the second degree” rather than pursue more serious assault charges. Initially, Alec was expecting to deal with a misdemeanor attempted assault and harassment charge for his public interaction with Wojciech Cieszkowski after police were informed of an argument that took place not far from Fifth Avenue, on 10th Street, over a parking spot. Alec reportedly went off on Cieszkowski when he moved into a parking spot that someone had tried to keep open long enough for Alec to arrive.
Cieszkowski was in the process of feeding the meter when Alec approached him and began to berate the man. Alec’s defense came down to semantics. He claimed that he never punched Cieszkowski, but rather it was simply a shove. As recorded in court filings, Alec told police that Cieszkowski was “an a-hole” because “he stole my spot.” Alec then admitted to pushing the man, who was taken to the hospital after the event. Upon release, Cieszkowski reportedly had no serious injuries as a result of the pushing. This is an extension of Alec’s self-defense he rolled out on Twitter after several publications claimed the actor punched the other driver during the argument. He wrote that he normally doesn’t comment on stories that erroneously comment on his private life, but “the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false.” When reached to comment on Alec’s claims, Cieszkowski refused to volunteer anymore information regarding the case. What is clear is that he was involved in his latest in a list of events where the actor’s temper got the best of him. Alec was busted in 2014 for taking his bike down the wrong direction on a Manhattan street, and when police arrived he said they could go “f-k themselves.” 2011 was when Alec was ejected from a plane when he refused to heed the warning about electronic devices and kept playing with his smartphone.
