HBO chairman arrested for assaulting his Girlfriend

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
The chairman of the HBO cable television network, Chris Albrecht was arrested in Las Vegas on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Police officers saw Albrecht engaged in a "physical confrontation" in the valet parking area outside the MGM Grand hotel shortly after 1000 GMT, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Bill Cassell told the newspaper.

Cassell said Albrecht was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of a misdemeanor battery-domestic assault. Albrecht was at the venue for HBO's broadcast of the World Boxing Council's super-welterweight championship boxing match, in which Floyd Mayweather, Jr defeated Oscar De La Hoya.

Albrecht has been chairman and CEO of Time Warner Inc owned HBO since July 2002. A former nightclub owner and talent agent, he has been at HBO since 1985, playing an instrumental role in its transformation into a television powerhouse, thanks to such shows as "The Sopranos" and "Entourage."