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—ing door b—-. Your mouth is gonna get you in trouble! Shut the f— 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.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News (TNS)
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If you or someone you know has been the victim of domestic abuse, you can find help and support at DVIS.org, the National Domestic Abuse Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or by contacting your local women’s shelter through domesticshelters.org.
