--- title: Anthony Cumia Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Woman description: Radio broadcaster Anthony Cumia has been arrested after allegedly attacking a 26-year-old woman at his New York home, police said. canonical: https://time.com/4156348/anthony-cumia-arrest/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-20T17:13:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:00:14.055Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Anthony of 'Opie and Anthony' Arrested After Allegedly Strangling a Woman og:description: The former “Opie and Anthony” co-host was charged with strangulation og:url: https://time.com/4156348/anthony-cumia-arrest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4470ccdb31a0f269/698876402dce016fca9e70ca/gettyimages-485383553.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SiriusXM's O&A20: Unmasked With Opie & Anthony Special Celebrates 20 Years Of Opie & Anthony At Carolines On Broadway og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anthony of 'Opie and Anthony' Arrested After Allegedly Strangling a Woman twitter:description: The former “Opie and Anthony” co-host was charged with strangulation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4470ccdb31a0f269/698876402dce016fca9e70ca/gettyimages-485383553.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anthony of _Opie and Anthony_ Arrested After Allegedly Strangling a Woman  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 20, 2015 5:13 PM CUT  Anthony Cumia, 54, is accused of assaulting a 26-year-old woman in his New York home, police said. Anthony Cumia, 54, is accused of assaulting a 26-year-old woman in his New York home, police said.Cindy Ord—SiriusXM/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 20, 2015 5:13 PM CUT Radio personality Anthony Cumia has been arrested after allegedly attacking a 26-year-old woman at his New York home, police said. The 54-year-old former _Opie and Anthony_ co-host was set to be arraigned early Sunday on charges of strangulation, criminal mischief, assault and unlawful imprisonment, a Nassau County Police Department spokeswoman told TIME. The incident took place about 11 a.m. Saturday in Roslyn Heights, L.I. It’s unclear if the woman was injured. Her identity and her relationship with Cumia were not released. In 2014, Sirius XM [fired Cumia from the show](http://time.com/2972334/milestones/ "undefined") after he tweeted racially charged remarks that the company called “abhorrent.” He now hosts his own online talk show called _The Anthony Cumia Show._ A spokeswoman for Cumia did not immediately return a request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156348/anthony-cumia-arrest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156348/anthony-cumia-arrest/"},"headline":"Anthony of Opie and Anthony Arrested After Allegedly Strangling a Woman","datePublished":"2015-12-20T17:13:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:00:14.055Z","description":"The former “Opie and Anthony” co-host was charged with strangulation","url":"https://time.com/4156348/anthony-cumia-arrest/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4470ccdb31a0f269/698876402dce016fca9e70ca/gettyimages-485383553.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4470ccdb31a0f269/698876402dce016fca9e70ca/gettyimages-485383553.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SiriusXM's O&A20: Unmasked With Opie & Anthony Special Celebrates 20 Years Of Opie & Anthony At Carolines On Broadway","caption":"Anthony Cumia, 54, is accused of assaulting a 26-year-old woman in his New York home, police said.","creditText":"Cindy Ord—SiriusXM/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156348/anthony-cumia-arrest/","name":"Anthony of Opie and Anthony Arrested After Allegedly Strangling a Woman"}}]}] ```