Ugly Betty’s Eric Mabius Arrested for Battery After Alleged Bar Fight With Woman - E! Online
Eric Mabius—who starred as Daniel Meade on ABC's Ugly Betty from 2006-2010—was arrested in Florida on Feb. 20 and charged with misdemeanor battery, as well as resisting arrest without violence.
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Eric Mabius is facing legal trouble.
The Ugly Betty alum—who starred as Daniel Meade on the ABC show from 2006-2010—was arrested in Florida on Feb. 20 on two misdemeanor charges, according to arrest records obtained by People Feb. 21.
He allegedly got into a bar fight at The Goat in Nassau County, according to TMZ, which says it obtained video footage of the incident.
Mabius was taken into custody around 2 a.m. and was booked three hours later at Nassau County Jail and Detention Center for a battery charge and a resisting arrest without violence charge, per the records viewed by People. The 53-year-old is still awaiting trial, the Nassau County Sheriff's Office confirmed to the outlet.
Following his arrest, the Sheriff's Office also released Mabius' mugshot, obtained by People, in which the actor appeared to have a dark bruise on his right eye. Officials did not reveal whether the injury was incurred during his arrest or prior to the incident.
E! News reached out to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office and a rep for Mabius for comment but has not heard back.
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Since Ugly Betty concluded in 2010, Mabius—who shares sons Maxfield, 18, and Rylan, 16, with wife of 19 years Ivy Sherman—has kept busy as the star of Hallmark's Sign, Sealed, Delivered. The franchise, which began in 2013 and has spawned a four-season TV series and 13 movies to date, follows postal detective Oliver O'Toole (Mabius) as he works alongside a group of charming misfits to get undelivered mail to its intended recipients.
For Mabius, the story's success has made playing the character for over a decade a welcome challenge.
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"We have such a fervent fan base," he told People in a July 12 interview. "Each time we come back together to do another movie, there seems to be so much more behind it, in a lot of good ways."
Mabius added, "I think we're in such a unique place with the show and having 11 years to evolve as human beings, getting the characters doing the same.”
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