The actor, best known for roles in the films Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan, was acquitted by a seven-man, five-woman Los Angeles jury of nine other charges stemming from his turbulent relationship with Fleiss.
The jury, which deliberated for three days, found Sizemore guilty of one count each of domestic violence, criminal threats, vandalism and repeated harassing phone calls and three counts of making obscene phone calls.
The 41-year-old actor faces a possible four-year jail term when he is sentenced on October 2.
"I'd like to thank my family for their continued loving support, I'd like to thank all of my fans who've continued to be fans, and I'd like to put this behind me now and do what I've always loved doing, making movies," Sizemore told reporters after the verdict.
"I wish everyone involved the best," he added.
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said after the verdict: "Domestic violence is a destructive physical and psychological crime that often goes unreported due to the fear the aggressor inflicts on the victim.
"Today's verdict sends a strong message that neither socio-economic status nor perceived celebrity will shield domestic abusers from the law."
Fleiss, 37, who ended her relationship with Sizemore last year, sobbed in court as she testified that he stubbed a cigarette out on her, smacked her in the face and verbally abused her during a rocky year-long relationship.
She said that Sizemore once hit her outside his Los Angeles home, knocking her to the ground as his Dreamcatcher co-star Thomas Jane tried to intervene.
Fleiss said she left in Jane's car, her head bleeding.
Prosecutors said Sizemore had terrorised Fleiss, physically as well as in more than 70 obscenity-laced phone calls.
Sizemore's lawyer, Michael Fitzgerald, called Fleiss a liar and said she had made the allegations against her former lover as part of an extortion plot.
Sizemore did not testify during the six-day trial.
Fleiss, who ran a call-girl ring catering to Hollywood's rich and famous, spent three years in prison for attempted pandering, or pimping.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/16/1060936105883.html
The jury, which deliberated for three days, found Sizemore guilty of one count each of domestic violence, criminal threats, vandalism and repeated harassing phone calls and three counts of making obscene phone calls.
The 41-year-old actor faces a possible four-year jail term when he is sentenced on October 2.
"I'd like to thank my family for their continued loving support, I'd like to thank all of my fans who've continued to be fans, and I'd like to put this behind me now and do what I've always loved doing, making movies," Sizemore told reporters after the verdict.
"I wish everyone involved the best," he added.
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said after the verdict: "Domestic violence is a destructive physical and psychological crime that often goes unreported due to the fear the aggressor inflicts on the victim.
"Today's verdict sends a strong message that neither socio-economic status nor perceived celebrity will shield domestic abusers from the law."
Fleiss, 37, who ended her relationship with Sizemore last year, sobbed in court as she testified that he stubbed a cigarette out on her, smacked her in the face and verbally abused her during a rocky year-long relationship.
She said that Sizemore once hit her outside his Los Angeles home, knocking her to the ground as his Dreamcatcher co-star Thomas Jane tried to intervene.
Fleiss said she left in Jane's car, her head bleeding.
Prosecutors said Sizemore had terrorised Fleiss, physically as well as in more than 70 obscenity-laced phone calls.
Sizemore's lawyer, Michael Fitzgerald, called Fleiss a liar and said she had made the allegations against her former lover as part of an extortion plot.
Sizemore did not testify during the six-day trial.
Fleiss, who ran a call-girl ring catering to Hollywood's rich and famous, spent three years in prison for attempted pandering, or pimping.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/16/1060936105883.html
