Comedian Robert Schimmel Arrested for Domestic Violence

Before dawn Saturday May 2nd 2009, comedian Robert Schimmel was arrested for domestic violence. Police reported that they were called to his suburban L.A. home around 12:30 a.m. and saw marks on his wife. Law enforcement tells us there was an argument that allegedly turned violent. He was being held in a Los Angeles County jail on $50,000 bail.

Schimmel divorced his first wife, Vicki, three times. He is no great stranger to tumultuous relationships.

Known for his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which he chronicles in his new book, "Cancer on $5 a Day." When his cancer went into remission, he married his daughter's friend, Melissa, who is half his age.

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