Michael Madsen arrested after alleged domestic violence incident in Malibu

Michael Madsen was arrested on Saturday and faces possible domestic violence charges.

The “Reservoir Dogs” star spent part of his weekend in a Malibu/Lost Hills jail after being arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's inmate records.

Officers were called to a house in Malibu around 12:15 a.m. on Saturday “due to a domestic dispute,” said Deputy Raquel Utley, sheriff's spokeswoman. “The informant stated that an adult woman claimed that her husband had pushed her and locked her out of the house.”

Based on their initial investigation, officers concluded that Madsen and his wife were involved in a “domestic incident,” and he was arrested on suspicion of spousal assault, Utley said. He was transported and booked into the Malibu/Lost Hills Police Station.

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Madsen, 66, was arrested at 1:40 a.m. and released from custody at 9:12 a.m. after posting $20,000 bail, online jail records show.

The investigation is ongoing and will be forwarded to the Van Nuys Superior Courthouse for filing, Utley said.

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A spokesman for the “Kill Bill” actor declined to comment to the Times on Tuesday. His team told TMZ that Madsen had a “disagreement” with his wife DeAnna, which “we hope will be resolved positively for both of them.”

Madsen, who also starred in the Quentin Tarantino films “The Hateful Eight” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” married Deanna in 1996 and they had three children: Hudson, Luke and Calvin. Hudson, who was Tarantino's godson, died in 2022.

The actor has had several run-ins with the law. In 2019, he was arrested in Malibu on suspicion of driving under the influence. In 2012, he was hospitalized for drunk driving and arrested again the same year after allegedly getting into an argument with his son.

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This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.