ESPN personality Jay Mariotti arrested on felony charge in Los Angeles

ESPN personality Jay Mariotti arrested in LA

LOS ANGELES — ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti has been arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles.

Officer Norma Eisenman says the 51-year-old Mariotti was arrested early Saturday in the police department’s Pacific Division following a “domestic incident.” Eisenman declined to provide further details.

The Sheriff’s Department website confirms Mariotti was booked on an undisclosed felony charge at 5:45 a.m. and is being held on $50,000 bail.

Mariotti lives in Los Angeles. He is a panelist on the ESPN show “Around the Horn” and writes a regular column for the AOL sports website Fanhouse.com.

He was a longtime columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.