Nicolas Cage Arrested In New Orleans For Domestic Abuse, Disturbing The Peace

Life imitating art? Shortly after playing a troubled, abusive New Orleans cop in Bad Lieutenant, actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested today in the same city for two counts of domestic abuse and disturbing the peace, TMZ reports. TMZ is also displaying a weary photo of the actor they are calling a “mug shot,” though no word on whether this is an official photo.

While TMZ only has the news that he has been arrested and what for, The Hollywood Reporter has a few more sparse details, specifying battery as the domestic abuse charge:

He was charged with domestic abuse – battery and disturbing the peace at 6:33 a.m.

According to police records, he was still in custody as of noon ET Saturday, although police dispatcher would not confirm that to The Hollywood Reporter.

This is yet another in a series of setbacks for the troubled Cage, who, among other woes, still owes $600,000 in taxes to the IRS. For more updates, visit our sister site Gossip Cop.

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