Pia Zadora is very serious about
her beauty rest. The former Broadway star, who was arrested on charges of
domestic battery and coercion at her Las Vegas home on Saturday, June 1,
reportedly flew into a rage against her teenage son over his curfew -- because
it was affecting her own quiet time.
According to a police report
released on Monday, June 3, the 61-year-old entertainer was trying to get her
16-year-old son, Jordan, to go to bed around 11 p.m. on Saturday when the
argument broke out.
"Jordan said he told his
mom he wanted to stay outside and talk because it was a weekend night,"
the police report said, according to CNN. Zadora --who had been drinking
alcohol earlier in the night with her husband, Las Vegas Police Det. Michael
Jeffries -- then became "upset and angry" and "got the hose and
started squirting everyone, insisting that Jordan go to bed and Mike Jr.
[Jeffries' son] leave," the report continues.
When Jeffries and her
32-year-old stepson Mike Jr. attempted to intervene and stop Zadora's erratic
behavior, however, the actress scratched at her husband's face and even punched
her stepson.
The argument and physical
fight continued on throughout the night, and several hours later, at 4:30 a.m.,
Zadora and Jordan "wrestled" over his cell phone as he attempted to
call the police.
"Pia then grabbed him
from behind around his head, grabbing his eyes and face, leaving a scratch on
his left ear," the police report said. "Jordan got away and Pia came
up and again grabbed him from behind encircling his neck in the process."
Jordan did manage to get
through to the police, however, and told the dispatcher that "his mother
was going crazy and her hands were around his neck," according to the
police report.
When authorities finally
arrived at the residence, an hours-long standoff ensued.
Two police officers were
finally able to find a way into the home through an unlocked back door, and
called out for the individuals inside to "come out with your hands
up."
After exchanging words with an
unidentified male from inside the house, the officers retreated and a SWAT team
was called onto the scene. After several hours -- during which Zadora was
sleeping, according to the police report -- the actress called 911 and the
operators told her to step outside, where she was summarily arrested.
The singer-actress was taken
to the Clark County Detention Center and soon released after posting the $4,000
bail.
She later told police officers
that she did not initially come out of her home when ordered to do so because
she assumed her husband "would take care of it." (Source)
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