Authorities arrested "Scandal" actor Columbus Short Wednesday on a felony battery charge, prosecutors said. Short, 31, is accused of punching and knocking out a patron at a West Los Angeles restaurant on March 15, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. He was booked by the Claremont Police Department and released on $50,000 bail, the statement said. A representative for the actor could not be immediately reached for comment. Short plays Harrison Wright, a member of fixer Olivia Pope's team, on the hit ABC series.
Actor Columbus Short is accused of punching and knocking out a restaurant patron . He faces a felony battery charge . He was released on $50,000 bail after authorities arrested him .