Michael Pitt
Ordered Not to Contact Ex-Girlfriend …
After Sex Abuse Arrest
Published
Michael Pitt‘s been ordered to keep away from his ex-girlfriend … this after he was arrested on sexual abuse prices.
Law enforcement sources inform TMZ … Pitt has been ordered by a New York choose to keep away from his former associate for a 12 months.
We’re advised Pitt has to keep away from her dwelling, work or anyplace the place she bodily goes … and, he can also’t use digital means — texts, calls, emails — to get in contact together with her.
As you recognize … Pitt was arrested final week in reference to 4 alleged incidents prosecutors say went down between April 2020 and August 2021.
According to the indictment … Pitt allegedly sexually assaulted his then-girlfriend earlier than, prosecutors say, he hit her with a picket plank. They’re additionally claiming Pitt attacked his ex with a cinderblock on a unique event.
The actor — greatest identified for enjoying Jimmy Darmody on “Boardwalk Empire” — was charged with assault harm with a weapon sexually motivated, strangulation sexually motivated, intercourse abuse, and forcible compulsion. Pitt pled not responsible to all prices in opposition to him. He posted $100K bail and was launched from custody.
Pitt’s lawyer Jason Goldman advised us … “Unfortunately, we stay in a world the place anyone like Mr. Pitt — an completed skilled who would by no means a lot as ponder these crimes — may be arrested on the uncorroborated phrase of an unhinged particular person.
“In reality, this baseless claim is suspiciously raised some four or five years after the alleged incident, at a time when the two parties were in a completely consensual and voluntary relationship. This case will be dismissed.”
