Rob Morrison WCBS anchor choking case update: Ashley Morrison MoneyWatch anchor husband in court

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="WPTV Rob Morrison" src="http://media2.wptv.com//photo/2013/02/19/WPTV-Rob-Morrison_20130219071131_320_240.JPG" /><div><div class="photos mflMp2Bottom3" style="font-size: 16px; height: 240px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;">WCBS news anchor Rob Morrison is facing charges of allegedly choking his wife, CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison, according to police.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Photographer: CNN</div><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;"></div><div class="fontStyle21" style="padding: 0px;">Posted: 02/19/2013<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Last Updated: 7 hours and 51 minutes ago</div><ul class="byline fontStyle16" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By: Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, CNN</li></ul><div class="fontStyle4 storyFontResize" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="story last" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="padding: 0px;">NEW YORK -- WCBS news anchor Rob Morrison is facing charges of allegedly choking his wife, CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison, according to Connecticut authorities.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Rob Morrison was taken into custody early Sunday at the couple's Darien home when police responded to a "domestic violence incident" called in by Ashley Morrison's mother, according to a statement from the Darien Police Department.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">He was arrested for allegedly choking his wife with both hands after becoming "increasingly belligerent...during the course of the evening," the statement said.</div></div></div><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="fontStyle14" style="padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px;">Officers observed red marks on Ashley Morrison's neck, but she did not request medical treatment, according to the police department release.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">While being processed, Rob Morrison made verbal threats to further harm his wife, according to the police statement.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">In a joint statement released Monday, the couple's attorney, Robert Skovgaard, said, "Rob and Ashley Morrison are cooperating fully with the authorities to insure that all of the information necessary to properly evaluate this unfortunate incident is made available."</div><div style="padding: 0px;">"The Morrisons are confident that a full review of this matter will show that the allegations have been greatly exaggerated."</div><div style="padding: 0px;">WCBS spokeswoman Rachel Ferguson said because this is a personal matter, the station is declining to comment.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Morrison is scheduled to be in court Tuesday on charges of second-degree strangulation, second-degree threatening, and disorderly conduct.</div><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></div></div></div>

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