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Updated · WSB Atlanta · Jun 23

Atlanta Host Big Tigger Arrested on Battery, Child Cruelty Charges, Released on $10,000 Bond

Updated

Updated · WSB Atlanta · Jun 23

Atlanta Host Big Tigger Arrested on Battery, Child Cruelty Charges, Released on $10,000 Bond

Q: Beyond the public drama, what really happened to merit a child cruelty charge against the radio host?

What specifically justified the child-cruelty charge has not been made public. The confirmed facts are limited: Darian Morgan, known as Big Tigger, was arrested on battery and third-degree cruelty to children charges after an Atlanta police investigation into an alleged May assault involving his wife, Alicia Brown. Brown reportedly sought treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, and social media posts she shared at the time appeared to point to Morgan. Beyond that, reporting is consistent that authorities have not disclosed the factual basis for the child-cruelty count. Multiple accounts explicitly say it is unclear what prompted that charge. The most plausible context is that Morgan and Brown share a son, and under Georgia law a cruelty-to-children charge can arise when a child is present during a violent domestic incident or is exposed to conduct that causes mental or physical harm. But no public police narrative or court filing cited in the available reporting confirms that is what happened here. So, at this stage, the child-cruelty allegation appears tied to the same domestic-dispute investigation, but the public record does not yet show what act, circumstance, or evidence led investigators to add that charge. Until police, prosecutors, or court documents provide more detail, any stronger claim would be speculation.

3 articles · Updated · WSB Atlanta · Jun 23

Darian Morgan, the Atlanta radio host known as Big Tigger, was arrested Saturday on battery and cruelty to children charges and later released on a $10,000 bond, court records show.
The arrest appears tied to a domestic dispute investigation first reported by TMZ, which said Morgan was the prime suspect in an alleged assault involving his wife, Alicia Brown, during a May incident.
Morgan had recently addressed what he called intense public speculation about his personal life on social media and on air, saying the circulating allegations were false and asking for privacy for his family.
Authorities have not yet detailed what led to the charges, and Morgan's attorney had not responded to a request for comment as the case continued to develop.