Scandal Columbus Short actor is apparently in the clear after misdemeanor charges against him were dropped
After prosecutors reviewed domestic violence and child endangerment charges filed against Short in February, they chose not to charge the 40-year-old, the Los City Attorney’s Office said. Angeles at TMZ.
“They dismissed the case from what I was told because the prosecutor felt there was no wrongdoing,” Short said when reached by the outlet. .
Out of trouble: Los Angeles prosecutors dropped domestic violence and misdemeanor child endangerment charges against Scandal actor Columbus Short, 40, the LA City prosecutor’s office told TMZ; seen in 2019
“I knew when I was charged it was stupid but based on past allegations. They jump to the worst conclusion, just like the media,” he said.
Short reportedly called prosecutors “fair” and “rational”, and he claimed he had never “abused a woman”.
The actor has a history of domestic violence, and in 2018 he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for hitting his current wife, Aida Abramyan-Short, whom he married in 2016.
In 2014, he was arrested twice for alleged incidents of domestic violence against his ex-wife Tanee McCall.
Agrees: Short reportedly called prosecutors “fair” and “rational,” and claimed he never “abused a woman”; seen in November 2020 in Atlanta
That year, he was also arrested for allegedly getting into a bar fight.
The recently dropped charges reportedly followed an argument with his wife Aida who allegedly got physical earlier in February
The Scandal star has been accused of trying to grab his wife’s phone, which resulted in him scratching his hand.
Short reportedly had no marks or bruises from the incident, which allegedly happened in front of a child.
Yikes: Short was previously charged with domestic violence offenses and one for child endangerment in February, according to TMZ
On February 6, he opened up about his arrest in a tweet, which read, “Marriages are hard but getting through it is a blessing!” I AM NOT a violent man and I don’t use drugs, but drinking alcohol sometimes makes my words ungodly. My wife and I are working on our marriage.
He also linked to a since-deleted Instagram video in which he attempted to clear his name.
“I know there’s still stuff in the media, arrests for domestic violence, but let me tell you what really happened,” he began.
Speaking out: On February 6, he opened up about his arrest in a tweet, which read, “Marriages are hard but getting through it is a blessing! I AM NOT a violent man and I don’t use drugs, but drinking alcohol sometimes makes my words ungodly. My wife and I are working on our marriage’
Telling his side: He also linked to a since-deleted Instagram video in which he tried to clear his name and explain what ‘really happened’
Columbus continued: “I asked my wife to leave the house because of my frustration and I grabbed her phone, which I shouldn’t have. [done] and I scratched his hand.
“After the Olympics, the police came here, the detectives were there, it was just ridiculous,” he whined.
Ultimately, he claimed authorities “had to make a decision” on whether to arrest him or Abramyan.
Disturbing: Short reportedly had no marks or bruises from the incident, which allegedly happened in front of a child
“Based on that scratch, I went to jail,” the actor said in the video, shared by The Shade Room. “I’m sorry to everyone I let down. I work hard, I work hard, but, my apologies.
It is unclear if the minor who witnessed the scuffle was their son or one of his children from previous marriages to first wife Brandi Short and second wife Tanee McCall.
In 2018, Short was sentenced to a year in prison for marital assault after beating Abramyan, whom he married in 2016.
He ultimately only served 34 days of his 365 prison sentences.
Scary: It’s unclear whether the minor who witnessed the fight was one of their sons or children from previous marriages to first wife Brandi Short and second wife Tanee McCall
At the time, he was already on probation for knocking out a man during a bar fight.
Four years prior to this conviction, Short had been accused of domestic violence by his then-wife, Tanee McCall, after he put a knife to her throat.
The charges were later dismissed, but Tanee filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences and she claimed sole custody of their daughter Ayala.
Due to his troubled past, Short was forced out of ABC’s political thriller Scandal in 2014.
The announcement of her exit from the series follows her spouse’s battery charge and accuses her of felony battery that seriously injured a man during an altercation at a West Hollywood restaurant.
Short also publicly suffered from drug addiction, which is another reason the star was forced off the hit show.
Before his 2018 prison sentence, the Stomp the Yard actor served a week in jail in 2016, after failing a drug test and violating his previous probation.