TV Reporter Arrested And Facing Possible Felony Charge After Fight At Cubs-Brewers Game

Oh baby, what a wild weekend in Milwaukee! We had the Cubs winning three of four from the Brewers, social media handing out body bags left and right, Willson Contreras staring into Milwaukee's dugout and saying "fuck you" three times, fans fighting in the stands and it according to this report a TV reporter from Milwaukee got into a fight too and was arrested. Now, this isn't just your ordinary get hauled away by the cops and put in the drunk tank after being a jackass at a game. Nope, for Adair Bayatpour, a TV reporter for WITI, the Fox channel in Milwaukee, his arrest after getting into a fight during a Cubs-Brewers game has him possibly facing a felony charge. Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

A Milwaukee TV reporter is facing possible felony charges after police say he punched another reporter during a personal argument at the Brewers game on Friday.

Adair "A.J." Bayatpour, 32, of WITI-TV (Channel 6) was arrested on charges of substantial battery. The matter is set for review by prosecutors who will consider whether to file formal charges. Bayatpour was booked and released on bail from the Milwaukee County Jail.

Turns out that no matter what job you have you're always going to end up hating someone from your work place. That's no different for our boy A.J. over here.

The incident was first reported by FTVLive, a website that follows the TV news industry. It cited a Milwaukee police report that said Bayatpour had been critical of his colleague Madeline Anderson, and her boyfriend, Ben Jordan, a reporter for WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), stepped up to defend her.  During the ensuing argument, Bayatpour struck Jordan and caused "a significant injury," the report said.

Boyfriend from a different network? Little Anchorman action going on in Milwaukee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipsPgNEmAXI A.J. says in his bio on FOX6Now that he's a Cubs fan.

I grew up in Skokie, IL which borders Chicago to the north. My roots will make for the toughest adjustments here. I have to admit I’m a huge Bears and Cubs fan. Rest assured, it won’t affect my reporting…even when I’m sent up north to do a Packer story! Growing up in Chicago, I was a vendor at both Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field. I knew then I was a sports nut since I was more interested in watching the game than selling hot dogs!

Bad look, bro. Don't be a jackass. Anyway, there were a total of 11 ejections in Friday's game between the Cubs and Brewers and there was also a video of another fight. https://www.sportsmockery.com/2018/04/cubs-fan-wrecks-the-shit-out-of-a-packers-fan-at-brewers-game/ Only thing missing is the mascots getting into it.