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Michael Madsen was arrested on domestic violence charges over the weekend after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a fight between the actor and his wife at their Malibu home, Deadline confirmed.

Officers were called to the home shortly after midnight Saturday by an adult woman who claimed Madsen had pushed her and locked her out of the house, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Adam Zeko told Deadline. When they arrived, the woman was safe with a security team, Zeko said. Madsen was taken to the Malibu/Lost Hills police station around 1:40 a.m., where he was booked with domestic violence and released on $20,000 bail.

A crime of domestic violence is covered by Section 243(e)(1) of the Criminal Code, which means that force or coercion is allegedly used against a cohabiting partner.