On December 20, 2004, Brolin’s wife at the time, Diane Lane, called the police after an altercation with him, he was arrested on a misdemeanour charge of domestic battery. Lane declined to press charges and the couple’s spokesman characterised the incident as a misunderstanding.
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On July 12, 2008, Brolin was arrested after an altercation at the Stray Cat Bar in Shreveport, Louisiana, along with actor Jeffery Wright and five other men who were crew members of W. Brolin was released after posting a cash bond of $334.
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Brolin said to a reporter, “It was nice to be in jail knowing that I hadn’t done anything wrong. And it was maddening to be in jail knowing that I hadn’t done anything wrong”. Charges against all seven men were later dropped by Shreveport prosecutors.
Brolin was arrested for public intoxication on New Year’s Day 2013 in Santa Monica, California. The remainder of 2013 proved very difficult for him, and he later explained: “Well, it was another turning point. It made me think a lot of things…”.
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