Police: Comedian Katt Williams Charged With Battery in Georgia

Williams faces a battery charge and was out on bond Thursday

Police say they arrested comedian and actor Katt Williams just outside Atlanta after he threw a salt shaker at a restaurant manager.

East Point police Capt. Cliff Chandler says officers responded to a call of a fight at Spondivits restaurant a little after 10 p.m. Wednesday. Chandler says the restaurant manager had a bloody cut on his lip. The manager and other witnesses told officers Williams had thrown the salt shaker at him.

Katt Williams
East Point Police Dept.
Comedian Katt Williams was arrested for allegedly hitting a restaurant manager with a salt shaker.

Officers found Williams at a nearby Waffle House restaurant and arrested him.

He faces a battery charge and bonded out of the East Point jail around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

Drew Findling, an attorney for Williams, said he plans to interview witnesses and do his own investigation.

This is the third arrest for Williams in 2016. [[25991739, C]]

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