‘Empire’ Actor Bryshere Gray Arrested After Wife Alleges Domestic Violence
Erik Pedersen Managing EditorBryshere Gray, who played Hakeem on the Fox drama Empire, was arrested near Phoenix today after his wife told police he assaulted her for hours and choked her unconscious at their home Sunday night.Local police said the actor was arrested early Monday outside his home in suburban Goodyear, AZ. Officers said Gray initially refused to come out of the house, so a SWAT team and crisis negotiations were called in to assist.He was taken into custody without incident a little after 7 a.m, and was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on domestic violence charges.Goodyear Police said they responded to a 911 call made at about 10:15 p.m.