The 25-year-old model was also charged with criminal obstruction of breathing following an alleged altercation with a woman in Manhattan.

Mingus Reedus, son of Norman Reedus and Helena Christensen, has been arrested on new assault charges in New York, reviving scrutiny of his past case and fuelling speculation about a potential pattern of violence linked to the son of two celebrities.

Mingus Reedus, 25, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing after cops responding to a 911 call of an assault in Chelsea found a woman, 33, who had suffered minor injuries to