Ronnie Ortiz-Magrois in police custody after an alleged domestic violence incident involving his on-off girlfriendJen Harley, PEOPLE confirms.
A rep for Ortiz-Magro confirms his bail has been set at $100,000.
A local Fox reporter in Los Angeles broke the news on Friday, tweeting a photo of theJersey Shorestar shirtless and in handcuffs on a stretcher. According to the reporter, the photo was taken after Ortiz-Magro’s arrest early Friday morning.
TMZalso reports that Ortiz-Magro, 33, has been booked for kidnapping after being arrested over an alleged altercation with Harley, with whom he shares 17-month-old daughterAriana Sky. The website cites law enforcement sources who claim Ortiz-Magro allegedly chased Harley around with a knife while holding their daughter.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE that authorities responded to a battery report at around 2:40 a.m.
“The victim and suspect were involved in some kind of physical altercation,” said the spokesperson. “Officers did have to use a taser on the suspect in which a minor use of force occurred. There was no further incident.”
According to the spokesperson, there was a child at the location; the child was unharmed.
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According to TMZ, after the altercation, Ortiz-Magro allegedly locked himself in the house with his daughter and refused to come outside when cops arrived.
Hours earlier, Ortiz-Magro and Harley werespotted walking around Los Angeles hand-in-hand. The two have avolatile relationship history, each having accused the other ofabuse and infidelity.
In July, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that Harleywould not face domestic battery chargesafter analleged incident between her and Ortiz-Magro on New Year’s Eve.
At the time, a source told PEOPLE Harley allegedly “lunged” at Ortiz-Magro after the two got into a fight at a party, “took an ashtray from the table and threw it at his head, busting his nose and lip.”
source: people.com
