Boardwalk Empire actor Michael Pitt has been arrested in New York on sexual abuse charges.
Pitt was arrested May 2 for an incident that allegedly occurred in April 2020, according to records obtained by Variety.
Charges against him include two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, assault injury with a blunt object, and second-degree strangulation.
Pitt pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. He was released after posting bail, TMZ reported.
He’s slated to appear in court June 17.
Attorney Jason Goldman told The Independent: “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. 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.”
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