TV reporter charged with hitting another reporter at Brewers game 'no longer' with station

WITI-TV (Channel 6) reporter Adair "A.J." Bayatpour, who was charged with substantial battery earlier this month after allegedly hitting another reporter at a Brewers game, is no longer working for the station, according to the Fox affiliate.

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In a story posted on the station's website Tuesday, WITI, reporting on Bayatpour's court appearance, said he "no longer works for FOX6 News."

Bayatpour pleaded not guilty to the charge, a felony, in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday.

When the station reported on the initial charge, it said Bayatpour was "currently not reporting for FOX6 News while the incident is under review."

According to a story first reported by TV industry blog FTVLive, Bayatpour, 31, was arrested after a personal argument at Miller Park during a game April 6 between the Brewers and the Chicago Cubs. According to FTVLive, which cited a Milwaukee police report, Bayatpour had been critical of his fellow WITI reporter Madeline Anderson, and when her boyfriend, Ben Jordan, a reporter for WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), stepped up to defend her, Bayatpour allegedly hit Jordan.

According to an April 11 story on WTMJ-TV's website posted at the time of the initial charge, Jordan "hopes to be back on the air soon."