The Scandal actor Columbus Short is apparently in the clear after misdemeanor charges against him were droppedAfter prosecutors reviewed domestic violence and child endangerment charges filed against Short in February, they opted not to charge the 40-year-old, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office told 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: LA prosecutors dropped domestic violence and child endangerment misdemeanor charges against Scandal actor Columbus Short, 40, the LA City Attorney'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, as does the media,' he said.Short reportedly praised prosecutors as 'fair' and 'rational,' and he claimed that he had never 'abused a woman.' The actor has a history with domestic abuse, and in 2018 he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to jail time for striking his current wife Aida Abramyan-Short, whom he married in 2016.In 2014, he was arrested twice for alleged domestic violence incidents against his former wife Tanee McCall.
