NEW ORLEANS - Comedian Jamie Foxx and his sister were arrested early Saturday after allegedly refusing to leave a casino and then fighting with police officers called to escort them out, authorities said.
Foxx, 35, and Deidra Dixon, 25, refused to show identification when they entered Harrah's Casino about 4 a.m., then argued with security guards who ordered them to leave, said police Capt. Marlon A. Defillo. He said the two walked inside to a gambling table, then fought with police officers who were called to remove them.
Dixon struck one officer in the face, Defillo said. He said the officers used pepper spray and handcuffed them.
Foxx, booked with trespassing, battery on officers and resisting arrest, was released on $1,900 bond. Dixon, of Tarzana, Calif., was booked with trespassing, simple battery on officers and resisting arrest.
A call to Foxx's publicist, Matt Labov, was not immediately returned Saturday.
Foxx was in New Orleans for filming of the movie Unchain My Heart.
"Will and Grace' maid arrestedLOS ANGELES - Actor Shelley Morrison, who plays a wisecracking maid on television's Will & Grace, was arrested for investigation of felony shoplifting at a West Los Angeles department store, police said.
Authorities said the arrest Wednesday was handled by security at the Robinsons-May store. Details of what Morrison was accused of taking weren't released.
Morrison was later released on $20,000 bail, Los Angeles police Officer Don Cox said. Arraignment was set for May 14.
Morrison, 66, was born Rachel Mitrani in New York and is married to author Walter Dominguez. She was booked under the name Rachel Dominguez.
Her TV and film credits include roles as Sister Sixto in the 1960s TV series The Flying Nun, Mrs. Ramirez on the soap opera General Hospital and Aunt Carmen in the 1997 film Fools Rush In. On Will & Grace she plays Rosario, the Salvadoran maid of socialite Karen Walker.