LOS ANGELES _ Tom Arnold's criminal battery case against Mark Burnett, much like his search for the alleged Donald Trump tapes, has gone nowhere.
The Los Angeles City Attorney's office has declined to file criminal charges against "The Apprentice" creator "due to insufficient evidence," a spokesman said Thursday.
Arnold went public on Twitter last month with allegations that Burnett had "choked" him at a pre-Emmys party during what started as a verbal dispute over the recordings. He cited Kevin and Sosie Bacon as reliable witnesses. Actress Alyson Hannigan tweeted that she witnessed a scuffle but thought it was a joke initially.
Burnett's wife, Roma Downey, countered Arnold's claim, tweeting that the "True Lies" actor had bruised her hand when he "tried to ambush" them at the event.
Arnold filed his police report Sept. 17, the day after the party.
A legal representative for Arnold didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
As for those tapes? The Viceland show "The Hunt for the Trump Tapes With Tom Arnold" followed its namesake's search for allegedly damaging recordings of Trump to no avail. By the time the eighth episode aired Oct. 15, they still hadn't been found.
The series wasn't renewed.
