Kanye West Criminal Charges Dropped

Kanye West, who made headlines last month for interrupting Taylor Swift's MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech, is no longer facing criminal charges related to an alleged altercation with photogs in an airport last year.

A court commissioner has dropped charges against West and his road manager, says the Associated Press, adding that the rapper and photogs have arrived at civil settlements over the case.

West’s lawyer says the star and his road manager -- who allegedly scrapped with the shutterbugs at Los Angeles International Airport in 2008 -- have gone through 12 hours of anger-management classes.