Actor
Columbus Short
and his wife,
Aida Abramyan
, are embroiled in a nasty he-said, she-said domestic violence legal battle.
After the former “
Scandal
” star
filed a temporary restraining order
against his spouse, a judge
granted Abramyan’s own request for a temporary restraining order
but denied her request for temporary sole custody of their two children.
According to court documents, the entertainment publicist detailed a July 7 incident where Short allegedly was drunk and got physically violent with her while she was doing laundry.
“Don’t slam the f–king door bitch. Your mouth is gonna get you in trouble! Shut the f–k up,” Abramyan claims Short yelled at her before choking her and putting both hands around her neck.
A neighbor reportedly called authorities after hearing her yell: “My husband is choking me, help!”
Abramyan included photos of injuries from other alleged instances of physical abuse over recent years in her TRO request, including a black eye and bruising, TMZ reports.
In his restraining order petition, the 42-year-old
“Stomp The Yard”
alum claimed his estranged spouse busted his eye open and abused a 10-week-old puppy. He also alleged that she was arrested following the altercation. She notes in her filing that police did show up to the residence but doesn’t mention any arrest.
Short, who portrayed a crisis management consultant at Olivia Pope’s firm on “Scandal” for three seasons, has endured his own personal crises in recent years due to
anger management issues
. In 2022, he was
arrested for felony domestic violence
against his wife.
The couple got married in 2016 and share two young sons.
Short, a former choreographer who was
romantically linked to Britney Spears
during the early 2000s, was previously married three times before Abramyan.
