Wendell Pierce of ‘The Wire,’ ‘Odd Couple’ arrested on suspicion of battery in Atlanta

Wendell Pierce, who plays Teddy in the CBS reboot of “The Odd Couple” and is known for his work on “The Wire,” was arrested early Saturday morning in an Atlanta hotel.

“Mr. Pierce made no indication he was famous,” Officer Kim Jones, an Atlanta Police Department spokeswoman, said Monday. The arrest at the Loews Hotel, where he was a guest, was “treated like any other,” she said, and “did not rise to anything significant.”

The actor, who played Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in “Confirmation” and has been seen on “Ray Donovan” and in “Selma,” was booked on suspicion of simple battery, according to the Fulton County inmate records website. He was released the same day after posting $1,000 bail, the website said. Pierce has been on location in Atlanta filming the movie “One Last Thing” with Jurnee Smollet-Bell.

Pierce, a Hillary Clinton supporter, has been speaking out strongly on his Twitter account against Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. The arrest may have been connected to a discussion of politics in the hotel bar that got heated, according to TMZ, which said police were called around 3:30 a.m. after Pierce and a woman supporting Bernie Sanders squabbled.

No incident report was immediately available Monday, Jones said. Pierce’s publicist did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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