(EXCLUSIVE) Actor Columbus Short Headed to Rehab

Columbus Short

Columbus Short

theJasmineBRAND.com exclusively reports, Columbus Short is heading to rehab. Last month, the actor/singer tested positive for cocaine and marijuana use and faced a probation violation in a felony assault case.

And now, we’ve exclusively learned that he’s headed to rehab. Sources tell us that he will stay at an outpatient facility in the Los Angeles area for around 4 to 6 months. Per usual, during rehab he will not be able to use any illegal drugs. We’re told that he’ll report a few times a week and will be subject to random drug testing. The former Scandal actor has also been given additional community service to complete. If he violates parole again, he’ll be subject to jail.

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Unfortunately, this isn’t Short’s first time in legal trouble. As part of a no-jail plea deal in 2014, Short pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence. Short also avoided jail by pleading no contest to a felony assault charge after throwing a punch at his in-law. Short says he was being taunted and acted in self-defense, and his in-law admitted he had removed his jersey and was prepared to fight Short. In an interview with Access Hollywood Live, Short said that substance abuse, both alcoholism and cocaine use due to the stress of family issues and personal loss, led to his departure from Scandal.

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  1. Lydia at 3:18 am

    Columbus, so you’re headed to rehab, yes? If so, I’m happy to hear. I only wish that you had not fallen so far before getting to this point. I wish that you had never encountered the one who claims you were so ’emotionally and verbally abusive’ and yet insists on being called by your last name—though illegal and invalid. LOL! She has to be pretty desperate and pathetic to post every negative thing she can find about you, but still want to be called by your last name. Good luck getting her to stop calling herself by your name even if there is still a REAL Mrs. Columbus Short out there; Darius caught hell getting his name back! LOL! Her latest claim is that she didn’t know you were not divorced, and unknowingly fell victim to bigamy? GTFOH! Everyone who follows you knew that it was never reported that your marriage had not been finalized. You said it best, “she’s desperate to be married to anyone.”
    And the latest antic is to post as many ‘validating’ stories as she can find about you and your struggles as if she’s telling us something that most of us didn’t already know. Is this her ‘vindication’—“Look, see I told you so! I told you he was broken! And all I ever tried to be was the angel who would fly in to save the day”. I guess she’s the angel who would secretly record your conversations, who would manipulate you into a fake marriage and who would publicly kick you out. And when it’s all said and done, she sings the same age old tune of being the victim of abuse and her poor son having to witness it all. Please! You would think an ‘author’ who would have the audacity to write a book about how to please and keep a man, would herself be able to finally do the same! So, she ‘doesn’t want her name tied to cocaine abuse’. So what? Is having her name being tied to ‘whore’, ‘compulsive liar’, ‘delusional’ and ‘prostitute’ better? Her reputation has BEEN ruined! There’s nothing you can do to make matters worse. Nothing! Shit cracks me up! Haha!
    There are quite a few people buying her bullshit, Columbus, but be assured I’m not one of them! I am humored at the number of idiots who can be fooled by someone simply because the person is articulate. Stupid people who have fallen for her being ‘married’ a million time—‘pregnant’ two million times, and I’ve lost count of how often she’s been ‘abused’. She’s a liar who’s mentally ill, and so are the morons/supporters who have been played by her time and time again. Always claiming men who refuse to do the same—you were the only exception. So, I ask “Who’s the true ‘angel of salvation’ in this sorted tale?” Yes, I truly wish you had not fallen so far that you ended up in her despicable pit. Even at your worst, she’s STILL not on your level! You’re quiet in all of this, and she’s STILL talking. Hmmm, I guess she would though, she has nothing else. But as for you, I have faith in your ability to rise again—unbothered, unfazed, unbroken!

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