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PORTLAND, Ore. – Comedian Katt Williams was arrested for assaulting a driver during a row over taking him with his dog from the Portland, Oregon airport for a show in town.
Williams, who was in jail on Sunday, came to Portland to perform on Friday night in Nick Cannon's television series "Wild 'N Out".
According to Portland port police, the driver of the city car had edema and cuts in his face. Williams, 47, whose real name is Micah Williams, left in another vehicle and was arrested on Saturday.
Williams has been charged with fourth degree assault and a hearing is scheduled for Monday. He was also arrested on an out-of-court order by Georgia.
A Williams publicist, whose comedy specials were published on HBO and Netflix, did not immediately respond to messages requesting comment. A prison official and a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said they did not know if the actor had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
Last month, Williams won the Emmy Award for guest actor in a humorous series for "Atlanta," a television show about two cousins of Atlanta's rap scene.
The arrest comes more than a year after Williams was sentenced to a three-year probation in Los Angeles after pleading indisputably for the theft of a photographer's camera. Prosecutors said in April 2017 that he was also scheduled to take anger management classes.
In 2016, Williams was sentenced to five years of probation after pleading no challenge in Georgia for assault and battery related allegations that he allegedly threatened a bodyguard while an acquaintance was beating him with a baseball bat.
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