*An actor on “Empire” has been arrested on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Chicago.
In a news release, police say 46-year-old Morocco Omari, who plays FBI Agent Tariq Cousins on “Empire,” was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
They say officers were called to the Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side by a 24-year-old woman who identified herself as Omari’s girlfriend. She told officers that he pushed her to the ground several times during an argument, causing scratches on her neck and chest.
Omari appeared Thursday morning in Domestic Violence Court before Cook County Judge Caroline Kate Moreland, and was ordered released on his own recognizance,.
He was given permission to leave the jurisdiction, and is expected back in court April 20, per court records.
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