Boardwalk Empire Star Michael Pitt Arrested Over Sexual Abuse Allegations

Michael Pitt has been arrested on charges of sexual abuse, with authorities accusing him of assaulting his former girlfriend and later attacking her with various blunt objects.

According to the indictment, the charges are linked to four domestic incidents that allegedly occurred between April 2020 and August 2021.

Police allege that the assaults took place at Pitt’s residence in Bushwick, where he reportedly fondled the victim on one occasion and, months later, sexually assaulted her before striking her with a wooden plank. In a separate incident, prosecutors claim he assaulted her with a cinderblock.

Pitt was taken into custody on Friday, May 2, at 9 PM and charged with assault with a weapon motivated by sexual intent, strangulation motivated by sexual intent, sexual abuse, and forcible compulsion. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and was released on $100,000 bail.

Pitt is well known for his role as Jimmy Darmody in the first two seasons of “Boardwalk Empire.” His character was killed off due to reports of him being difficult to work with. He has also appeared in other projects like “Hannibal,” “Hugo,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and “Seven Psychopaths.”