Jackson was taken into custody on Saturday (25Apr15) for assault with a deadly weapon and released on bail hours later, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The stabbing incident took place on Friday night (24Apr15) and the victim, who was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center with knife wounds to his torso, identified his attacker by his Baywatch character's name, Hobie Buchannon.

The 34 year old has struggled with alcohol and substance abuse in the past - a severe drug addiction led to his decision to leave Baywatch and he later appeared on U.S. reality show Celebrity Rehab as he battled an addiction to human growth hormones.

Earlier this year (15), he was asked to leave British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother after exposing a castmate's breasts.