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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo, Columbus Short arrives at the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. A Los Angeles court commissioner ordered Short to remain in California until he resolves a felony battery case or face a quadrupling of his bail from $250,000 to $1 million. The former “Scandal” star missed an October court appearance in the case. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Invision/AP, File) Image Credit: Arnold Turner/Invision/AP

Former Scandal star Columbus Short has been ordered not to leave California until he resolves a felony battery case.

Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Mark Zuckman issued the order on December 2 after the actor missed an October court appearance. A prosecutor asked that Short’s bail be increased to $500,000 (Dh1.8 million) because of the absence and other missed court dates, but Zuckman allowed bail to remain at $250,000.

The actor left the hit ABC series Scandal after he was charged with punching a man and causing great bodily injury in March.

The 32-year-old actor showed up three days late for a preliminary hearing that would have included testimony from witnesses on the fight. Short claimed he was unable to get a flight to Los Angeles from Atlanta.