'Buffy' Star Nicholas Brendon Busted in Florida

For the second time in two months, actor Nicholas Brendon has seen the inside of a Florida jail.

The former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor was arrested Friday in Tallahassee after police there say he trashed a hotel room, causing an estimated $1,000 in damages. Brendon was jailed on similar charges in Fort Lauderdale last month and was also accused of trashing an Idaho hotel room back in October, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

This time around, Brendon faces damage to property and criminal mischief charges. He was released from the Leon County Jail Saturday after posting $1,000 bond.

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Brendon told the Tallahassee Democrat the latest incident involved a “blackout” that occurred after he took nine sleeping pills. Brendon, the paper reported, suffers from depression and stopped taking his medications, which the actor said “was a mistake.”

The damage to Brendon’s Hotel Duval room was discovered after the actor himself stated he wanted to file a report about a missing phone and wallet.

Brendon, 43, was catapulted to fame in 1996, playing the role of “Xander,” one of Buffy Summers’ “Scooby Gang” sidekicks in the television series that ran until 2003. Following that show’s departure from the little screen, Brendon appeared in “Kitchen Confidential,” “Private Practice” and most recently “Criminal Minds.”

Photo courtesy of the Leon County Jail

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