{"id":247983,"date":"2026-06-23T19:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/big-tigger-beloved-tv-personality-arrested-on-child-cruelty-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:49:19","slug":"big-tigger-beloved-tv-personality-arrested-on-child-cruelty-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/big-tigger-beloved-tv-personality-arrested-on-child-cruelty-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Tigger, Beloved TV Personality, Arrested on Child Cruelty Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Big Tigger, the longtime Atlanta radio personality and former host of BET\u2019s <em>Rap City<\/em>, has been arrested on battery and child cruelty charges.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fulton County Jail records, Tigger \u2014 whose real name is Darian Morgan \u2014 was taken into custody on Saturday and booked on charges of battery and third-degree cruelty to children. <\/p>\n<p>He was later released after posting a $10,000 bond.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Big Tigger speaks onstage at 106 &amp; Park &quot;Reunion&quot; during the BET Experience Fan Fest at Los Angeles Convention Center on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-557688 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-960x768.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-1080x864.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2219222637-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Big Tigger speaks onstage at 106 &amp; Park \u201cReunion\u201d during the BET Experience Fan Fest at Los Angeles Convention Center on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for BET)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The arrest comes just weeks after Morgan\u2019s wife, Alicia Brown, publicly accused him of physically assaulting her during a domestic dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Brown shared photos and videos on social media that appeared to show injuries she allegedly sustained during the incident. According to previous reports, she was later transported to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Morgan strongly denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>His attorney told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/23\/big-tigger-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a> that the claims being made against the radio host were false.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not confirmed whether the charges filed this weekend stem from the same alleged incident involving Brown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZdSAW0AZVs\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>For now, many details remain unclear.<\/p>\n<p>What is known is that Morgan, a fixture in Atlanta radio and a familiar face to hip-hop fans from his years hosting <em>Rap City,<\/em> is now facing serious criminal charges that could have significant legal consequences.<\/p>\n<p>On June 12, Morgan shared a social media post in which he addressed the allegations made by Brown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say categorically these allegations and accusations that have been circulating about me are false, untrue, not happening, didn\u2019t happen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/atlanta-radio-host-big-tigger-arrested-on-aggravated-battery-child-cruelty-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Morgan nor his representatives have publicly commented on the arrest since the charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Morgan took to social media to share a message reading, \u201cLife is a cruel teacher\u2026 She loves to give you the test first, and the lesson later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/big-tigger-beloved-tv-personality-arrested-on-child-cruelty-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Big Tigger, the longtime Atlanta radio personality and former host of BET\u2019s Rap City, has been arrested on battery and child cruelty charges. According to Fulton County Jail records, Tigger \u2014 whose real name is Darian Morgan \u2014 was taken into custody on Saturday and booked on charges of battery and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}