“Boardwalk Empire” actor Michael Pitt allegedly sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend and later attacked her with a cement block and a piece of wooden, based on Brooklyn prosecutors and sources.
Pitt, 44, was arrested Friday and arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Courtroom on two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and different associated expenses stemming from 4 home incidents that allegedly befell between April 2020 and August 2021, based on court docket paperwork obtained by The Submit.
The violent episodes occurred on the actor’s Bushwick house together with his then-girlfriend, regulation enforcement sources mentioned.
The “Murder by Numbers” star — who performed the film’s killer — forcibly fondled his outdated flame, after which months later, sexually assaulted and struck her with a wood plank, prosecutors alleged.
On a separate event, in June 2021, the “Seven Psychopaths” actor assaulted the sufferer with a cinderblock, the indictment claimed.
The Hollywood vet then strangled his previous lover on August 7, 2021, based on court docket paperwork.
Pitt was beforehand arrested in July 2022 and charged with assault and petty larceny for allegedly hitting one other man a number of instances and taking his telephone.
Later that 12 months, he was reportedly hospitalized and deemed “emotionally disturbed” after being accused of throwing objects at folks from the rooftop of a constructing.
In his newest scuffle with the regulation, Pitt was additionally charged with first-degree felony intercourse act, third-degree felony intercourse act, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of second-degree tried assault, and second-degree strangulation.
He pleaded not responsible earlier than Choose Joanne Quinones, who set bail at $100,000, which the actor posted after the arraignment, based on court docket information.
“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,” Pitt’s lawyer, Cary London, instructed The Submit.
“We look forward to proving his innocence through the evidence and not through the media.”
Pitt is due again in court docket on June 17.
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