FoxNews: 'Boardwalk Empire' actor Michael Pitt arrested in NY on multiple charges of sexual abuse

[riky]

'Boardwalk Empire' actor Michael Pitt arrested in NY on multiple charges of sexual abuse

According to court documents viewed and obtained by Fox News Digital, Michael Pitt was arrested on May 2 on multiple charges of sexual abuse, strangulation and sodomy in New York.
                       
                       
                           

Michael Pitt, best known for his roles in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login "Dawson's Creek" and "Reptile," has been arrested on multiple charges of sexual abuse, strangulation and sodomy in New York City. 

According to court documents viewed and obtained by Fox News Digital, the 44-year-old actor was arrested at Kings Supreme Criminal Court in Brooklyn on May 2. 

Pitt wasYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the first degree, in addition to counts of assault with a blunt object, sodomy in the third degree and strangulation in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. The judges assigned to Pitt's case set bail at $100,000. 

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

The actor posted bail and was released from custody, according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. He is scheduled to appear in court June 17.

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Representatives for Pitt did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

According to the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login which first broke the news of Pitt's arrest, the multiple charges stem from four separate alleged incidents involving a former girlfriend between April 2020 and August 2021. Pitt allegedly attacked her with objects, including a wooden plank and a cinder block, at their home You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. 

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

"Unfortunately, we live in a world where somebody like Mr. Pitt – an accomplished professional who would never so much as contemplate these crimes – can be arrested on the uncorroborated word of an unhinged individual," Jason Goldman, an attorney for Pitt, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in a statement. "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." 

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login