American actor, Bryshere Gray, who played Hakeem Lyon on Fox series, Empire, has landed in police custody.
The actor was arrested and taken into custody on Monday, July 13, 2020, after his wife alleged that he assaulted and strangled her until she passed out.
Daily Mail reports that the incident began on Sunday, July 12, when police got a distress call to help a woman, who happens to be Gray’s wife.
It was gathered that the actor’s wife had flagged down a passerby at another gas station, stating that “she had been assaulted at her home for the last several hours by her husband.”
The passerby, according to the police, then drove Gray’s wife to where she was able to call 911.
Police said the woman had multiple visible injuries on her body and, and she had been taken to the hospital where she was treated for her injuries.