The Django Unchained actress accused of having sex in a car in public last year has pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace, and has been ordered to apologise to police officers.
The African American star Daniele Watts, who initially claimed that police action was racially motivated, accepted a misdemeanour charge of disturbing the peace along with her boyfriend.
In exchange prosecutors dropped charges of committing a lewd act in public, which could have seen her and white boyfriend Brian James Lucas face up to six months in jail and a US$1,000 (NZ$1,326) fine if convicted.
As part of the deal the couple were ordered to issue written apologies to three Los Angeles police officers, and to perform 40 hours of community service, according to the LA City Attorney's Office.
At the time Watts complained on Facebook about her arrest after the September 11 incident in Studio City, an upscale neighbourhood of north Los Angeles, in which she was handcuffed and briefly detained.
