Haley Joel Osment, the child star in the 1999 movie "The Sixth Sense," was sentenced to probation on Thursday after pleading no contest to charges of drunken driving and marijuana possession.

Osment, 18, was also ordered to complete alcohol rehabilitation counselling and pay $1,500 in fines as part of an agreement with prosecutors that called for two misdemeanour counts to be dismissed.

The actor, who was nominated for an Oscar at age 11 for portraying a boy who could see dead people in the blockbuster "Sixth Sense," was not present for the hearing attended by his attorney David Wood.

Wood entered no contest pleas on Osment's behalf to misdemeanour counts of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana. In California a no contest plea is equivalent to pleading guilty.

Osment lost control of his 1995 Saturn at about 1 a.m. on July 20. The former child star suffered a broken rib and a shoulder injury when the car flipped over.

Prosecutors say his blood alcohol level registered .16 percent, twice the legal limit in California.