{"id":173234,"date":"2026-02-11T09:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/173234\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:31:20","slug":"kim-delaneys-husband-james-morgan-arrested-for-obstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/173234\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Delaney&#8217;s husband James Morgan arrested for obstruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221; actress Kim Delaney&#8217;s husband has been arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">James Morgan was arrested<\/a> by the Marina del Rey Sheriff&#8217;s Office at 11:25 p.m., according to the booking record obtained by Fox News Digital. He was booked on a misdemeanor charge and is due in court Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Office told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kim-delaney-husband-arrested-following-911-calls-about-verbal-disturbance-11902932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People<\/a> that they responded to &#8220;at least three calls for service&#8221; regarding &#8220;a noise complaint and a verbal disturbance in a public area&#8221; outside the apartment building where the couple live.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/nypd-blue-star-kim-delaney-arrested-felony-assault-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;NYPD BLUE&#8217; STAR KIM DELANEY ARRESTED ON FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kim-delaney-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Delaney, James Morgan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Kim Delaney&#8217;s husband, James Morgan, was arrested on Feb. 8 following 911 calls about a verbal disturbance. (Kim Delaney\/Instagram; Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Morgan reportedly refused to &#8220;cooperate with the investigation,&#8221; the representative said. This, along with the 911 calls, led to his arrest for allegedly obstructing police.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s arrest comes after Delaney was reportedly granted a restraining order against him due to ongoing alleged abuse and harassment in October,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/nypd-blues-kim-delaney-granted-restraining-order-against-estranged-husband-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> per Us Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, the couple have been going through divorce proceedings since March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes less than a year after Delaney was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">arrested on felony assault charges<\/a> in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, deputies from the Marina del Rey Station responded to a domestic disturbance at Delaney&#8217;s residence at approximately 9:45 a.m. on March 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan allegedly claimed the &#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221; alum tried to hit him with her car, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/31\/kim-delaney-domestic-violence-arrest-husband-claims-hit-with-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After an investigation by deputies, Delaney was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, and Morgan was arrested for battery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaney was booked into the Marina del Rey Sheriff&#8217;s Station at 10:15 a.m. and charged with assault, likely to produce gross bodily injury.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan bailed out on a $20,000 bond that same day.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770802279_704_kim-delaney-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Delaney and partner James Morgan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Kim Delaney and James Morgan were both arrested in 2025. (Kim Delaney\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/29\/nypd-blue-kim-delaney-arrest-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to TMZ,<\/a> Delaney and Morgan were arrested at their home in Marina del Rey after a &#8220;heated argument that turned physical.&#8221; Paramedics arrived at the scene to check on potential injuries, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/nypd-blue-star-kim-delaneys-felony-arrest-caps-alcoholism-battle-spanning-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;NYPD BLUE&#8217; STAR KIM DELANEY&#8217;S FELONY ARREST CAPS ALCOHOLISM BATTLE SPANNING DECADES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Delaney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaney, who has also appeared in a handful of shows such as &#8220;The O.C.,&#8221; &#8220;Army Wives,&#8221; &#8220;All My Children&#8221; and &#8220;Chicago Fire,&#8221; appeared on &#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221; from 1995 to 2003.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For over two decades, Delaney has had her fair share of personal and public struggles. From multiple run-ins with the law to a couple stints in rehab, the 64-year-old actress&#8217;s 2025 arrest capped her long battle with alcoholism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaney got her first taste of Hollywood in the early 1980s, when she starred as Jenny Gardner Nelson in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/longest-running-tv-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;All My Children.&#8221;<\/a> While she appeared in a handful of television shows and films in the years following, it wasn&#8217;t until 1995 that she really made a name for herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Delaney began portraying Detective Diane Russell on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/nypd-blue-star-ricky-schroder-leans-on-faith-society-tells-people-gods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221;<\/a> in 1995. Similar to her character, who battled with alcoholism and emotional issues, the Pennsylvania native&#8217;s internal struggles slowly began surfacing publicly.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, the actress was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2002-feb-20-me-briefs20.1-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>. She pleaded no contest and was sentenced to two years of probation, fined and ordered to take a defensive driving course.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kim-delaney-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Delaney\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Delaney has had multiple run-ins with the law over the years. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>One year later, Delaney reportedly checked into a rehabilitation center, per the outlet. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/army-wives-kim-delaney-escorted-239719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Delaney checked into rehab for a second time in 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But her public struggles didn&#8217;t stop there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, the actress had to be escorted offstage after slurring her words and rambling during a speech at an event honoring former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I\u2019ve served in active duty military family for five years,&#8221; the &#8220;Army Wives&#8221; star said during her speech. &#8220;Like so many others, I\u2019ve struggled with multiple deployments, supported my spouse through changes in administration, changes in station as he made difficult as a senior officer. I\u2019ve seen soldiers come home with painful life-altering injuries born of their time and service. I\u2019ve attended numerous military funerals, including that of my best friend\u2019s son.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, it\u2019s all make believe. I do that as a job. It\u2019s make believe. I have the luxury of doing all this on a television show,&#8221; she continued before being cut off by a voice-over and a producer escorting her off of the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-1157379850-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Delaney's mugshot\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Delaney was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence in Malibu, California, on Jan. 26, 2002. (Kypros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Delaney, who has been married twice before, married Morgan on Oct. 11, 2022. However, according to the L.A. Times, the actress filed for divorce five months later. She also sought a temporary restraining order against Morgan for alleged domestic violence, according to court documents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2025-03-31\/kim-delaney-arrested-domestic-violence-assault-deadly-weapon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">obtained by the outlet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the documents, Delaney \u2014 who shares one son with ex-husband Joseph Cortese \u2014 stated that they were at a hotel in Philadelphia when Morgan got angry, grabbed her by the arm and by the hair, and yelled at and pushed her, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever James gets mad, which is often he will shout loudly, push me, hit me, pull my hair. Neighbors have heard the noise &amp; intervened often in the past year. The Sheriff came in March 2022 and many times in 2023,&#8221; she said in the restraining order request, per the Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The temporary restraining order was dropped after no one appeared in court that May to formalize or extend it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! &#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221; actress Kim Delaney&#8217;s husband has been arrested.\u00a0 On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,967,62054,2822],"class_list":["post-173234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-entertainment","tag-in-court","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}