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Actor Michael Pitt charged with sex abuse, assault of ex-girlfriend in New York
Actor Michael Pitt has been indicted on allegations of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber in separate incidents at his New York City home.
Pitt, who grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, played the character Jimmy Darmody for two seasons on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," with the cast led by Steve Buscemi winning Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2011 and 2012 for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. The indictment cites four incidents between April 2020 and August 2021 at Pitt's home in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez's office declined to comment Wednesday beyond the allegations listed in the indictment.Pitt's lawyer, Jason Goldman, said he already had exonerating evidence and expected the case to be dismissed. "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 unreliable individual," Goldman said in a text message to The Associated Press.He added, "In reality, this baseless claim is suspiciously raised some four or five years after the alleged incident, from a time when the two parties were in a completely consensual relationship.
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