Steely Dan founder Donald Fagen has been charged with assaulting his wife at their home in New York. The 67-year-old lead singer, who has been charged with misdemeanour assault and harassment, is accused of pushing Libby Titus into a marble window frame and knocking her to the ground at their Manhattan apartment on Monday. Fagen (L) with co-founder Walter Becker (C) and saxophonist Billy Harper Papers filed said the assault caused his 68-year-old wife to "suffer bruising and swelling to her right arm, as well as substantial pain". Ms Titus, a producer, actor and songwriter who released two albums in the late 1970s with producers Phil Ramone, Paul Simon, Carly Simon and Robbie Robertson, told the New York Post: "I don't feel good. I'm very tired, and I'm divorcing my husband." Fagen has been released without bail and ordered to stay away from his estranged wife. The singer's publicist and lawyer have not made any comment. Fagen launched Steely Dan in 1972 with guitarist Walter Becker. The group went on to sell more than 40 million albums and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Their hits include singles such as Reelin' In the Years, Rikki Don't Lose that Number and Deacon Blues. Becker and Fagen last performed in October at New York's Beacon Theatre. By skynews.com