{"id":24055,"date":"2025-05-07T21:43:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/actor-michael-pitt-known-for-boardwalk-empire-and-dawsons-creek-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:43:46","slug":"actor-michael-pitt-known-for-boardwalk-empire-and-dawsons-creek-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/actor-michael-pitt-known-for-boardwalk-empire-and-dawsons-creek-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Michael Pitt, known for &#8220;Boardwalk Empire&#8221; and &#8220;Dawson&#8217;s Creek,&#8221; arrested on sex abuse charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Actor Michael Pitt, known for his TV roles on &#8220;Boardwalk Empire&#8221; and &#8220;Dawson&#8217;s Creek,&#8221; is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber at his New York City home, according to a grand jury indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt, 44, whose lawyers denied the allegations, was arrested Friday on nine counts, including first-degree sexual abuse, criminal sexual acts, assault, attempted assault and strangulation. The indictment cites four incidents between April 2020 and August 2021 at Pitt&#8217;s home in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez&#8217;s office declined to comment Wednesday beyond the allegations listed in the indictment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/07\/dd386902-749e-4f10-b620-f5ff4e843126\/thumbnail\/620x414\/311c8662d51662bbb92d3f8333391ad6\/gettyimages-1255963414.jpg?v=e61856d8e666e7ed5709adc37bb2d465#\" alt=\"Michael Pitt \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/07\/dd386902-749e-4f10-b620-f5ff4e843126\/thumbnail\/620x414\/311c8662d51662bbb92d3f8333391ad6\/gettyimages-1255963414.jpg?v=e61856d8e666e7ed5709adc37bb2d465 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/07\/dd386902-749e-4f10-b620-f5ff4e843126\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/a00d0e11c2e86aec3d3e3ade306c176c\/gettyimages-1255963414.jpg?v=e61856d8e666e7ed5709adc37bb2d465 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Actor Michael Pitt arrives for the screening of the film &#8220;Black Flies&#8221; during the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pitt&#8217;s lawyer, Jason Goldman, said he already had exonerating evidence and expected the case to be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we live in a world where somebody like Mr. Pitt \u2014 an accomplished professional who would never so much as contemplate these crimes \u2014 can be arrested on the uncorroborated word of an unreliable individual,&#8221; Goldman said in a text message to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pitt pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday and posted $100,000 bail, Goldman said. He is due back in court in Brooklyn on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, which the woman in Pitt&#8217;s case has not done.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleges Pitt forcibly touched his ex-girlfriend sexually in April 2020. In August 2020, the grand jury alleges Pitt forced oral sex on the woman and assaulted her with a 4-inch-by-4-inch piece of lumber.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment also says Pitt attacked her with a cinder block twice in June 2021 and choked her in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ reported in 2022 that Pitt was arrested in Brooklyn for allegedly punching a man after taking his phone and, two months later, was brought to a hospital under police escort after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/09\/15\/actor-michael-pitt-boardwalk-empire-outburst-hospital-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a public outburst<\/a>\u00a0in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt, who grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, played the character Jimmy Darmody for two seasons on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Boardwalk Empire,&#8221; 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 show also <a href=\"https:\/\/goldenglobes.com\/tv-show\/boardwalk-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">won<\/a>\u00a0a Golden Globe for best drama series in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>His first major role came in the 2001 film &#8220;Hedwig and the Angry Inch.&#8221; In 2005, he starred in &#8220;Last Days,&#8221; director Gus Van Sant&#8217;s film about a fictional rock star inspired by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. 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