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 .