Los Angeles: Actor Rose McGowan will plead "no contest" to a reduced drug charge in Loudoun County, Virginia, following her arrest for possession of cocaine in 2017.
"The Commonwealth has agreed to reduce the current felony charge to a misdemeanour of possession of a controlled substance," McGowan's attorney, James W Hundley, said in a statement to USA Today.
As part of her plea agreement, McGowan will avoid jail time and pay a fine. Also, she could have faced up to 10 years behind bars if convicted.
"Ms McGowan has accepted this agreement in order to spare her family, her friends and her supporters the emotional strain of a criminal trial," Hundley added.
McGowan was charged with felony drug possession after authorities discovered cocaine in her wallet on a flight to Dulles International Airport on her way to the Women's March in January 2017. The Scream star has now to appear in court on January 15.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department issued a warrant in February 2017, but it did not come to light until nearly nine months later. McGowan's lawyers have suggested the drugs may have been planted by someone working for disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in an attempt to discredit her for making sex assault accusations against him.