Jury: Hills' Jason Wahler Owes $5,000 in Damages for Fight

Jason Wahler owes a tow truck driver $5,000 for a 2006 fight, it was decided Thursday by a L.A. jury.

The Hills star, 21, was charged with battery after punching Dario Stevenson in the face and hurling racial slurs at him in September 2006. His blood alcohol level was .22 at the time.

Although his 60-day prison sentence was suspended after he checked into rehab in 2007, Stevenson's lawyer filed a civil suit against him.

A jury of eight women and four men concluded that Wahler had committed battery.

His attorney argued that Wahler and his girlfriend at the time, Kristin DeLuca, 25, were too drunk to know what they were saying.

(DeLuca settled with Stevenson for $3,000 in August.)

The Associated Press reports that Stevenson may receive punitive damages as well, but they will likely be drastically smaller than the $1 million he sought.

Wahler has had a history of legal run-ins.

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In April 2007, he served three weeks in jail on criminal trespassing, assault and underage drinking charges after punching a Seattle hotel security guard in the face.

In February 2008, he was banned from current fiancee Katja Decker-Sadowski's USC apartment after using racial slurs against the complex's security guard.

He's also been arrested for drug possession and resisting a public officer during an underage drinking sweep.

Wahler rose to fame as the one-time beau of Lauren Conrad. Conrad, 22, turned down a prestigious summer internship in Paris with Teen Vogue to spend the summer with him in 2005.

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