Overview
- The longtime Atlanta radio host Darian “Big Tigger” Morgan announced Sunday that he is taking a leave from his V-103 morning show as he faces criminal charges and tends to family matters.
- Sandy Springs police charged Morgan with aggravated battery, battery and third-degree cruelty to children after an investigation into an alleged home incident that was described in an arrest affidavit.
- The arrest affidavit says Morgan’s wife, Alicia Brown, told investigators he shoved her into an office door in May, causing a deep cut above her left eye that required stitches.
- Authorities say the couple’s 13-year-old son heard the altercation, a detail prosecutors cited in the cruelty-to-children count, and a court granted Brown a temporary protective order restricting Morgan’s access to the home and children.
- Separately, co-host Francesca Amiker has filed a federal defamation suit over social media posts tied to the case; Morgan denies the allegations, no trial date has been set, and his employer’s next steps remain unclear.