Nick Lachey has been ordered to attend anger administration and Alcoholics Nameless conferences after going off on a paparazzo in Los Angeles … TMZ has confirmed.

Nick flew off the deal with final yr after recognizing a lady who was filming his spouse and himself after an evening out a Mastro’s in Bev Hills. Nick was enraged and caught on digital camera reaching for the lady’s cellphone.

The L.A. County D.A. tells TMZ … Lachey was by no means charged with a criminal offense … as an alternative, the D.A. has a diversion program the place somebody can keep away from prosecution … in Nick’s case, he will not be charged with assault and battery if he attends AA and anger administration.

The lady, Jody Santos, spoke to Each day Mail concerning the incident, saying, “He is had loads of time to apologize, however as an alternative he simply figured I might go away. What he did was improper. Trying to bust his fist by my automobile window when all I used to be doing was taking images of him. He ought to have been thanking me for the free publicity. I imply, actually. Discuss an outsized ego.”