Christopher Backus, who is married to Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino, was arrested in San Diego early this morning on a charge of being drunk in public. 
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ cops were called to the Hyatt Regency Islandia in San Diego after hotel guests complained of hearing a loud argument between Backus and Sorvino over "poor time management skills."
We're told when cops arrived at the hotel, Backus was walking around with a bat and yelling at guests and security. Law enforcement tells us cops were willing to let Backus cool down in the drunk tank for a few hours, but his behavior was so outlandish, they had no choice but to bust him.
Backus was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of being drunk in public and was booked into San Diego Central Jail at 12:37 AM where he is currently still in custody.
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if i ever got caught into an argument about "poor time management skills" with a woman, i'd be holding a bat, too.
never get married, gents. never do it.
Next time i will be reading about the divorce. These Hollywood people are never happy no matter what.
How appropriate. The misspelled god of wine and intoxication (Bacchus), gets charged with public intoxication.
I think she should run if he gets drunk and starts swinging a bat around!!!
Sorvino must have a new project on the horizon, so this is considered P.R.
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what's the bigt deal just because they are famous if it were you or I it would never be posted.
Hey,it is a big deal. There was a loud argument between a man and a woman behind closed doors; significant enough that total strangers thought intervention necessary. Upon arrival by security, the man begins walking around in a public area swinging a bat and acting in a bizarre manner. Even for someone who is intoxicated, this level of behavior is over the top and just dangerous. The common reaction would have been--hey, sorry. Am drunk and need to tone it down a bit. This guy grabs a bat?? In the mid West, he would have been taken down to the floor and arrested for assault for sure and assault and battery upon a law enforcement officer if he resisted at all--even verbally at that point. Only in Hollywood would law enforcement give a drunk running around a hotel lobby swinging a bat at total strangers a "break".
She's brilliant, beautiful, a big peacenick, Amnesty International type, speaks Mandarin and French, comes from Bloodlines beyond belief---yet she is with a common drunk with a tendency towards violence when there is a disagreement?
Seek help--fast...being with that type can be dangerous to your life---they tend to feel inadequate and incomplete when with a woman of that stature. Swinging a bat, in public? Danger sign. Get your daddy Paul Sorvino to give him a beat down but the better deal would be to simply leave---what that dude has doesnt go away.
I agree (#15) Peanutman, call me Mira. She is so hot. Dude was walking around drunk with a bat. She really needs to get away from him.
