FILE: 'Scandal' actor Columbus Short leaving hit ABC show

Record ID: 583825

  • Title: FILE: 'Scandal' actor Columbus Short leaving hit ABC show
  • Date: 25th April 2014
  • Summary: VARIOUS LOCATIONS (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF "SCANDAL" CAST AND CREW AT EVENT, INCLUDING COLUMBUS SHORT, THIRD FROM RIGHT ACTOR COLUMBUS SHORT POSING FOR PICTURES STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF COLUMBUS SHORT
  • Embargoed: 10th May 2014 13:00
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  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAWQ1DBJAAHK2Y27PBIIR02EIW
  • Story Text: "Scandal" actor Columbus Short said on Friday (April 25) he would not be returning to the hit ABC drama for its next season, a month after the actor was arrested on a felony battery charge.
    Short, 31, who plays Harrison Wright opposite actress Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope character, said in a statement that he "must confirm my exit from a show I've called home for 3 years."
    "Everything must come to an end and unfortunately the time has come for Harrison Wright to exit the canvas," he added, without providing details on the reason for his departure.
    ABC, owned by Walt Disney Company, did not comment on Short's exit from the salacious political drama from hit show creator Shonda Rhimes, which ended its third season last week.
    Short was charged with felony battery from a March incident in which he allegedly punched and knocked out a male guest at a Los Angeles restaurant.
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