THESMOKINGGUN.com broke the news yesterday that the 28 year-old Scott Savol, one of the remaining nine IDOL contestants, was arrested following a February 2001 confrontation with Michele Martin, mother of Scott´s son, at the woman´s Ohio home.
Savol eventually took a plea to a reduced misdemeanor disorderly conduct rap and was fined $500, placed on a year´s probation, ordered to complete a domestic violence or anger management program, and sentenced to a suspended 20-day jail term.
Also according to THESMOKINGGUN.com, Savol´s rap sheet also includes a "no contest" plea to a 1995 misdemeanor trespass charge. He was arrested for entering Shaker Heights High School after being "warned both verbally and by letter" to stay out of the building.
The full police report with mug shot photos can be seen at:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0331051_american_idol_scott_1.html
