Global Courant 2023-06-01 04:52:03
Soap star Tyler Christopher was arrested Friday at Hollywood Burbank Airport on suspicion of public intoxication — his second such arrest since 2019.
Christopher, 50, slept on the floor in Terminal A near American Airlines and awoke when officers arrived, according to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Police Department.
The “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” star told them he missed his flight and was reportedly “displaying the objective signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication and was unable to care for himself,” the Burbank police spokesman said. , Sgt. Brent Fekety said in an email to The Times on Wednesday.
Law enforcement officials received the report of a drunk man at the airport around 8:30 p.m. Friday and arrested the Sherman Oaks resident at 10:40 p.m., according to the police arrest log.
The veteran actor was booked on suspicion of public intoxication, a misdemeanor, and his bail was set at $250. He was “quoting out,” Fekety said, meaning he was given a citation and would appear in court at a later date.
Representatives for the actor did not immediately respond to The Times’ requests for comment on Wednesday.
Christopher was similarly arrested in Indiana in 2019 after falling asleep in the back of an Uber. People reported. He pleaded guilty to two counts of public intoxication and a judge at the time rejected a request by law enforcement that he is sentenced to an alcohol treatment program.
Between 1996 and 2016, Daytime Emmy Award winner Prince Nikolas Cassadine and his lookalike Connor Bishop occasionally starred during various stints on ABC’s daytime drama “General Hospital.” In 2017, he briefly joined the cast of NBC’s soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ playing Stefan DiMera through 2019. He was replaced by Brandon Barash on the Salem soap opera, which moved to the network’s streaming service, Peacock. , last year.
