Grammy-nominated recording artist, James Fortune, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife. Fortune is best known for his 2008 hit, "I Trust You."

He accepted a plea deal Tuesday to a third degree felony charge of assault. He was sentenced to five years of probation plus five days in jail. He must also serve 175 hours of community service, complete a "batterer's intervention" program and stay away from his wife.
Authorities say Fortune struck his wife with a wooden vanity stool, kicked her and threw her against a wall inside their home in October of 2014.

In court, a prosecutor read a victim impact statement form Fortune's wife in which she wrote, "I hope in all of this you get help. Serious help. Although this probation might be like a slap on the wrist, I hope you look at it as a moment to better yourself and change something within you for your future."

This is the second time Fortune has pleaded guilty to a charge of violence against a family member. In 2002 he took a plea deal for six years of probation after burning his four-year-old son in hot water. Investigators said Fortune said it was a form of discipline. The boy was burned over 40 percent of his body.

Prosecutors say Fortune's wife agreed to the plea deal this time because she didn't want to put their three kids through the stresses of trial and the possibility of testifying against him.

Three men were arrested in connection to an assault on the UC Davis campus in Davis, California that has been classified as a hate crime.

A Black woman UC Davis student was assaulted at around 3 a.m. Monday near her home on campus. The student called campus police, who responded and arrested three suspects.

Lonny Doyal Lee, 24, of West Sacramento, and Justin Sheppard, 22, of Sacramento, were arrested on suspicion of assault and battery, committing a hate crime and public intoxication.
Jake Lee, 22, of West Sacramento, was arrested for public intoxication, police said. None of the suspects were students at UC Davis.

The woman did not require medical treatment.

UC Davis released a statement on the attack, which reads in part:

"We hope this unacceptable incident will serve to further advance dialogue about how the UC Davis community can continue to build a culture and climate based on mutual respect, support and caring," the university said in a statement.

A Georgia man was found guilty of aggravated assault and battery in an acid attack that left his ex-girlfriend, Christy Sims, permanently disfigured.