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The Scandal actor Columbus Short is apparently free after two charges against him were dropped
After prosecutors reviewed domestic violence and child endangerment filed against Short in February, they chose not to charge the 40-year-old, the Los Angeles City attorney’s office said. TMZ.
“They dismissed the case based on what I was told because the district attorney felt there was no crime,” Short said when reached at the outlet.
Out of Trouble: LA prosecutors have dropped domestic violence and child endangerment charges against Scandal actor Columbus Short, 40, the LA City Attorney’s office told TMZ; seen in 2019
“I knew when I was charged that it was stupid, but based on past accusations. They draw the worst conclusion, just like the media,” he said.
Short reportedly praised prosecutors as “honest” and “rational,” claiming he had never “abused a woman.”
The actor has a history of domestic violence and pleaded guilty in 2018 and was sentenced to prison for beating his current wife Aida Abramyan-Short, whom he married in 2016.
In 2014, he was arrested twice for alleged domestic violence incidents against his ex-wife Tanee McCall.
Approves: Short reportedly praised the accusers as “honest” and “rational” and he claimed he never “abused a woman”; seen in November 2020 in Atlanta
He was also arrested that year for allegedly being involved in a bar fight.
The recently dropped charges reportedly followed a feud with his wife Aida who reportedly turned physical earlier in February
The Scandal star was accused of trying to grab his husband’s phone, which led to him scratching her hand.
Short reportedly had no marks or bruises from the incident, which allegedly took place in the presence of a child.
Yikes: Short was previously charged with domestic violence offenses and one for endangering children in February, according to TMZ
On Feb. 6, he spoke of his arrest in a tweet, which read: “Marriages are a challenge, but getting through it is the blessing! I AM not an abusive man nor do I use drugs, but drinking alcohol sometimes makes my words unholy. My wife and I are working on our marriage.’
He also linked to a since-deleted Instagram video, in which he tried to clear his name.
“I know there’s some stuff here in the media again, getting arrested for domestic violence, but let me tell you what really happened,” he began.
Verdict: On Feb. 6, he spoke of his arrest in a tweet, which read: ‘Marriages are a challenge, but getting through it is the blessing! I AM not an abusive man nor do I use drugs, but drinking alcohol sometimes makes my words unholy. 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 her hand.’
“After the OJ, the police came here, detectives were here, it was a very ridiculous case,” he wailed.
In the end, he claimed the 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 took place in front of a child
“Based on that scratch, I went to jail,” the actor said in the video, shared again by The shadow room. “I’m sorry for everyone I’ve let down. I’m grinding, I’m working hard, but my apologies.’
It’s unclear if the minor who witnessed the fight 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 domestic violence after beating Abramyan, whom he married in 2016.
He ended up serving only 34 days of his 365 jail term.
Scary: It’s unclear if the minor who witnessed the fight was any 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 in a bar fight.
Four years prior to that conviction, Short was 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 over irreconcilable differences and she claimed custody of their daughter Ayala.
Due to his troubled past, Short was forced to leave ABC’s political thriller Scandal in 2014.
The announcement of his departure from the series followed his wife’s battery charge and charges him with a misdemeanor battery that seriously injured a man during an altercation at a West Hollywood restaurant.
Short has also publicly suffered from substance abuse, which is another reason the star was forced to leave the hit show.
Prior to his 2018 jail term, the Stomp the Yard actor spent a week in jail in 2016 after failing a drug test and violating his previous probation.