Actor Michael Pitt
Arrested For Sexual Abuse
Published
Michael Pitt has been arrested on sexual abuse costs … with authorities accusing him of sexually assaulting his then-girlfriend and later attacking her with a number of blunt objects.
According to the indictment, prosecutors say Pitt’s costs stem from 4 home incidents that allegedly came about between April 2020 and August 2021.
Cops declare the alleged incidents occurred on the actors Bushwick dwelling along with his then-girlfriend … the place they are saying fondled ex on one event after which — months later — allegedly sexually assaulted and struck her with a picket plank.
At a unique time, prosecutors declare he attacked the alleged sufferer with a cinderblock.
According to regulation enforcement sources … Pitt was arrested on Friday, May 2 at 9 PM for assault damage with a weapon sexually motivated, strangulation sexually motivated, intercourse abuse, and forcible compulsion. Pitt pled not responsible to all costs in opposition to him. He posted $100K bail and was launched from custody.
Fans of “Boardwalk Empire” will acknowledge Pitt as Jimmy Darmody … a predominant character within the first two seasons of the present. The character was killed off as a result of Pitt was reportedly onerous to work with.
Pitt additionally appeared in “Hannibal,” “Hugo,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and “Seven Psychopaths.”
Pitt’s lawyer Jason Goldman tells TMZ … “Unfortunately, we reside in a world the place any person like Mr. Pitt — an completed skilled who would by no means a lot as ponder these crimes — could 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.”
