Personal Life
Dourdan married model Roshumba Williams in 1992; the couple divorced two years later. He has two children: a son, Lyric, with Cynthia Hadden, and a daughter, Nyla, with Jennifer Sutton, whom Dourdan dated from 1995 to 2000.
Dourdan has African-American, American Indian, Jewish, French, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
He collects classic cars and was featured on Season 1, Episode 3 of Street Customs.
Dourdan was arrested on April 28, 2008 in Palm Springs after a Palm Springs Police Department officer located "suspected cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia" in his possession. He was subsequently booked at the Palm Springs jail on charges of possession of narcotics and possession of dangerous drugs.
On June 13, 2011, Dourdan was arrested after he crashed his vehicle into two parked cars. He was charged with drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. The drug possession charge was dropped two months later.
On November 6, 2011, Dourdan was arrested at his home in Venice, CA, following an alleged altercation with his former girlfriend, Nicole Vail Cannizzaro. Her nose was broken during the argument. He was charged with felony battery. He pleaded not guilty. On December 1, 2011, the judge issued a three-year restraining order against Dourdan and threatened him with jail time if it is violated.
On November 12, 2012, Dourdan filed for bankruptcy. He claimed to earn $14,883 a month, but only had $321 a month left over after bills.
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