Actor Michael Pitt
Arrested For Sexual Abuse
Revealed Might 6, 2025 6:07 PM PDT
Michael Pitt has been arrested on sexual abuse costs … with authorities accusing him of sexually assaulting his then-girlfriend and later attacking her with a number of blunt objects.
In keeping with the indictment, prosecutors say Pitt’s costs stem from 4 home incidents that allegedly came about between April 2020 and August 2021.
Cops declare the alleged incidents occurred on the actors Bushwick house along with his then-girlfriend … the place they are saying fondled ex on one event after which — months later — allegedly sexually assaulted and struck her with a picket plank.
At a unique time, prosecutors declare he attacked the alleged sufferer with a cinderblock.
In keeping with legislation enforcement sources … Pitt was arrested on Friday, Might 2 at 9 PM for assault harm with a weapon sexually motivated, strangulation sexually motivated, intercourse abuse, and forcible compulsion. Pitt pled not responsible to all costs in opposition to him. He posted $100K bail and was launched from custody.
Followers of “Boardwalk Empire” will acknowledge Pitt as Jimmy Darmody … a fundamental character within the first two seasons of the present. The character was killed off as a result of Pitt was reportedly arduous to work with.
Pitt additionally appeared in “Hannibal,” “Hugo,” “Hedwig and the Offended Inch,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and “Seven Psychopaths.”
Pitt’s lawyer Jason Goldman tells TMZ … “Sadly, we stay in a world the place anyone like Mr. Pitt — an completed skilled who would by no means a lot as ponder these crimes — might be arrested on the uncorroborated phrase of an unhinged particular person.”
“In actuality, this baseless declare is suspiciously raised some 4 or 5 years after the alleged incident, at a time when the 2 events have been in a totally consensual and voluntary relationship. This case might be dismissed.”
