A rep for Columbus Short tells TMZ, “[Short’s] arrest was NOT due to an outstanding warrant … . It appears that this is a citizen’s arrest as a result of an issue between Mr. Short and his bail bondsman.”
Columbus Short had a few party crashers during his album release celebration Tuesday night … bounty hunters and sheriffs who were there to arrest him.
Short was picked up in a club at Universal Studios CityWalk in Los Angeles … just as he was about to do a soundcheck.
It seems Short was arrested because he failed to appear in one of his domestic violence cases and the judge issued a bench warrant.
In the video, Short is arguing with one of the bounty hunters … saying they freaked him out and he was afraid for his life.
We’re told the bounty hunters were there because they’ll get a cut of his $500,000 bail. We’re told the bounty hunters swooped in because they believed Short was about to flee the county.
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