MUMBAI: Actor Nicolas Cage was arrested after he got drunk and started arguing with his wife in the street with his wife over whether a house they were in front of was theirs.

Police have said in a press release that Cage was arrested the previous evening. Police said the couple was in front of a home that Cage insisted they were renting. She said it wasn‘t theirs, and Cage then grabbed her arm.

The release said that the actor started hitting vehicles and tried to get into a taxi. A police officer seeing Cage drunk told him to get out of the cab. Cage then started yelling at the officer.

The actor has been booked on charges of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness.

He remained in the Orleans Parish Prison on Saturday afternoon. A judge set his bond at $11,000.

Earlier, Cage had been behind on taxes and has said he‘s had to sell numerous assets because of his finances. He sued his former business manager in October 2009 for $20 million, claiming the man‘s advice led him to financial ruin.