Scandal’s Columbus Brief Charged After Home Violence Arrest

Former Scandal star Columbus Brief has been charged with two misdemeanors following a current arrest for alleged home violence.

The Stomp the Yard star, 39, is dealing with one rely of home violence and one rely of kid endangerment, as a result of the alleged incident happened in entrance of a kid, based on paperwork obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, February 17. Brief was arrested for felony home violence, although the prosecutors in the end decreased the severity of his fees.

The choreographer was taken into custody on February 2 after authorities responded to a name relating to a verbal altercation that had turned bodily between Brief and his wife, Aida Abramyan. The couple married in 2016 and share two sons. Brief additionally has a daughter named Ayala, 10, whom he shares with ex-wife Tanee McCall.

When police arrived on the couple’s Los Angeles house, the Cadillac Data actor claimed that Abramyan had punched him, per the docs. Authorities didn’t see any accidents or marks on Brief’s face after inspection. Nevertheless, they did discover a minor damage on his wife’s face, which led to Brief’s arrest.

The That’s So Raven alum denied the allegations of abuse on February 6 in a since-deleted submit on Instagram. “Marriages are difficult however getting by way of it’s the blessing!” he wrote on the time. “I AM not [an] abusive man nor am I on medicine however consuming alcohol makes my phrases unholy generally. My wife and I are engaged on our marriage.”

Brief left Scandal in April 2014 after being arrested on felony assault fees following a restaurant brawl that occurred one month earlier. On the time, he was additionally in the course of a heated divorce with McCall and had been charged with misdemeanor spousal battery.

“I have to affirm my exit from a present I’ve known as house for 3 years, with what’s the most proficient ensemble on tv immediately,” Brief mentioned in a press release to Us amid the drama. “I’ve loved each single minute of it. The whole lot should come to an finish and sadly the time has come for Harrison Wright to exit the canvas. I want nothing however the very best for Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and the remainder of the solid, who’ve turn into like a second household to me in such a brief period of time.”

In December 2014, Brief revealed that his departure from Scandal was partially because of his battle with habit. “I’ll be candid: I used to be battling medicine,” the This Christmas actor advised Entry Hollywood Stay on the time. “I had so much on my plate, and , I used to be utilizing unhealthy methods to form of self-medicate and cope with a variety of heavy obligation stuff in my life.”

Brief credited Rhimes, 52, and his costars with serving to him deal with his substance abuse points, including, “That was one of many actual causes [I left] – they only needed me to get my stuff collectively. Typically the underside needs to be dropped out so that you can actually get it.”

Should you or somebody are experiencing home violence, please name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential help.