The original story on Omari’s 2017 arrest is below. Empire actor Morocco Omari was arrested this week in Chicago and accused of misdemeanor domestic battery after a woman claimed he shoved her ...

An actor on the television show “Empire” has been arrested on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Chicago. Police say 46-year-old Morocco Omari was arrested Wednesday afternoon.

Omari, who plays Tariq on the Fox series “Empire,” was arrested and charged with domestic battery on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Police Department told TheWrap on Thursday.