Kanye West and his assistant, Don C, were officially charged from that airport situation that happend back in September 2008.

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has filed criminal charges against Kanye West and Don Crawley. West, 31, has been charged with one count of vandalism, one count of grand theft and one count of battery. Crawley, 33, has been charged with two counts of vandalism, two counts of grand theft and two counts of battery. If convicted on all counts, West could face up to two years and six months in jail and Crawley could face up to five years in jail.

The pair are scheduled to be arraigned April 14 at the Los Angeles Airport courthouse.

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While we don’t expect either one of them to spend 1 second behind bars, the possibility of 5 years in prison for breaking a camera is absurd. No one was physically harmed or injured, so what’s the big deal?

Here are some candids from yesterday’s fashion shows during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week 2009 in New York! Above, rapper Kanye West is seen with his new girlfriend, model Amber Rose (to Kanye’s right), his assistant, Don C (3rd from left), Fonzworth Bentley (far right), and some other people we can’t name, even though we’ve seen ol’ dude in the blue before. Continue for more pics from some of yesterday’s fashion shows.

Kanye West, LL Cool J and Kevin Liles posed for a photo together backstage at the Devi Kroell Fall 2009 Presentation at the Prince George Ballroom.

Mary J. Blige and her husband, Kendu Isaacs, attended the Milly By Michelle Smith Fall 2009 Fashion Show in the Promenade at Bryant Park.

Kanye West, Amber Rose and Natasha Bedingfield sat in the front row at the Alexandre Herchcovitch Fall 2009 Fashion Show in the Salon at Bryant park.

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