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Michael Pitt arrested for alleged sexual assault and attack on ex-girlfriend

Boardwalk Empire and Dawson’s Creek actor accused of multiple domestic violence charges

The actor, whose credits also include Dawson’s Creek and films such as The Dreamers, Seven Psychopaths and Funny Games, pleaded not guilty after his arrest Friday and is now out on bail. “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,” his lawyer said in a statement to Variety. “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.

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