A Texas TV news station was forced to report on one of their own anchors getting arrested after a bloody fight this week. On Tuesday, KBTX, a CBS affiliate in Bryan, Texas, reported on Emmy Award-winning anchor Heather Kovar getting arrested by Texas A&M University police on domestic violence charges after breaking her boyfriend's nose on Monday night.
Per court records obtained by NBC 15 News, Kovar was drinking margaritas at a Mexican food restaurant when she and her boyfriend got into an argument. After returning to her apartment across from campus, the fight turned physical, with Kovar punching him 12 times in the face, biting his left arm, and scratching his right arm, according to court documents. The boyfriend, who police said suffered a "bloody broken nose," barricaded himself in the bathroom.
Kovar was charged with assault family violence causing bodily injury, which is a Class A misdemeanor. She was held Tuesday in the Brazos County Detention Center on a $5,000 bond. KBTX said "management is investigating the matter." Kovar has been reporting and anchoring at KBTX since May 2023. It's not the first time Kovar has been the subject of widespread attention. While working for CBS 6 Albany in Schenectady, NY in 2022, Kovar was suspended after appearing disheveled and slurring some of her words during a broadcast. At the time, she claimed it was due to exhaustion and sleep deprivation.
A Texas native, Kovar is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a BA in journalism and a BA in psychology. Per her KBTX bio, she has more than 25 years of experience, previously working in London as a correspondent for CBS Newspath, as well as at KXAS in Dallas, WKTV in Utica, NY; Reuters Business News NYC; News 12 NY and KVUE in Austin, among others
