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May 11, 2004 -- FORMER CNN hotshot Jim Miller - who was forced to resign as executive producer of "Anderson Cooper 360" and "Paula Zahn Now" in March - has been arrested for allegedly hitting his wife, Jaqueline.

Miller was hauled off in handcuffs from his home in Bucks County, Pa., after police responded to a report of a domestic dispute on April 30 and found Jaqueline "placing ice on a swollen, red bruise on her right wrist."

Friends of Miller say his wife had been trying to get him to move out for seven weeks and filed the assault charge as a cheap, legal ploy to seize possession of the house.

"I'm completely innocent," Miller told PAGE SIX. "I would never hurt her."

Miller, formerly a consultant to ABC's "Good Morning America" and executive vice president in charge of original programming at USA Networks, co-wrote "Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live" with Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales - his best friend and godfather of his three children with Jaqueline. Shales defended Miller: "She's been totally programmed by her divorce lawyer."

According to a criminal complaint affidavit obtained by PAGE SIX, Jaqueline "stated that during the argument, her husband James struck her in the arm while she was holding a telephone."

"After being struck, Mrs. Miller fled the house stating that she was in fear for her life and that her husband was after her. She left the house with her children, and retreated to a neighbor's house to await police. Mr. Miller chased after the family toward the neighbor's residence," the complaint said.

Upper Makefield, Pa., Police Chief Mark Schmidt said Miller, 46, was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment, and sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. His wife was treated for "minor injuries" and released from a local hospital. Miller awaits a hearing at a district court in Newtown, Pa.

Back in March, we reported that Miller quit after CNN suspended him following an internal probe into "inappropriate comments" he made to female staffers. Sources said that numerous women who had worked with Miller were interviewed by CNN's human resources department before he was suspended.

Two days after Miller resigned, his deputy, senior broadcast producer Michael Rosen, followed him out the door.

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