Rick Dean
Registered
3
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0728043aa1.html
Anthony Anderson Rape Charge
Cops: Comic assaulted film extra on Memphis movie set
JULY 28--Actor Anthony Anderson was charged today with the aggravated rape of a woman who police say was assaulted after being lured into a production trailer on a Memphis movie set. According to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Anderson, 33, and Wayne Witherspoon, 42, attacked the woman, a movie extra, yesterday afternoon. The woman told cops that Witherspoon forcibly removed her clothes once she was inside the trailer. She told investigators that A
derson, who was already in the trailer at the time, joined the assault, according to a graphic criminal complaint. The woman told cops that Anderson and Witherspoon "both assaulted her with their hands
and took pictures of her while she was nude." A witness told o
fficers that he heard the woman screaming and managed to unlock the trailer's door. At that point, the naked woman ran from the vehicle, which was parked on the grounds of the Shelby County Corrections Center, where scenes from director John Singleton's "Hustle & Flow" were being shot. Anderson, pictured in the below mug shot, and Witherspoon were released tonight from the Shelby http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040728/law124_1.htmlCounty Jail after each posted $20,000 bond. The actor, who has appeared in "Barbershop" and "Malibu's Most Wanted," is starring in Singleton's flick, a movie about a fledglin
g rapper.
Anthony Anderson
Press Release Source: Anthon
y An
derson
Anthony Anderson Statement on Rape Charge
Wednesday July 28, 5:30 pm ET
LOS ANGELES, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A spokesman for Anthony Anderson issued the following stat
ement regarding the actor's arrest yesterday.
"Anthony Anderson absolutely denies the heinous charges that have been made against him. Anthony is a happily married family man who has never been accused of -- no less involved in -- anything remotely like this, and we are confident that when all the facts come out, he will be completely exonerated."
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0728043aa1.html
Anthony Anderson Rape Charge
Cops: Comic assaulted film extra on Memphis movie set
JULY 28--Actor Anthony Anderson was charged today with the aggravated rape of a woman who police say was assaulted after being lured into a production trailer on a Memphis movie set. According to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Anderson, 33, and Wayne Witherspoon, 42, attacked the woman, a movie extra, yesterday afternoon. The woman told cops that Witherspoon forcibly removed her clothes once she was inside the trailer. She told investigators that A
derson, who was already in the trailer at the time, joined the assault, according to a graphic criminal complaint. The woman told cops that Anderson and Witherspoon "both assaulted her with their hands
and took pictures of her while she was nude." A witness told o
fficers that he heard the woman screaming and managed to unlock the trailer's door. At that point, the naked woman ran from the vehicle, which was parked on the grounds of the Shelby County Corrections Center, where scenes from director John Singleton's "Hustle & Flow" were being shot. Anderson, pictured in the below mug shot, and Witherspoon were released tonight from the Shelby http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040728/law124_1.htmlCounty Jail after each posted $20,000 bond. The actor, who has appeared in "Barbershop" and "Malibu's Most Wanted," is starring in Singleton's flick, a movie about a fledglin
g rapper.
Anthony Anderson
Press Release Source: Anthon
y An
derson
Anthony Anderson Statement on Rape Charge
Wednesday July 28, 5:30 pm ET
LOS ANGELES, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A spokesman for Anthony Anderson issued the following stat
ement regarding the actor's arrest yesterday.
"Anthony Anderson absolutely denies the heinous charges that have been made against him. Anthony is a happily married family man who has never been accused of -- no less involved in -- anything remotely like this, and we are confident that when all the facts come out, he will be completely exonerated."