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Los Angeles Comedian Arrested for Murrieta Sexual Battery


July 17, 2008
Topic: Sexual Abuse

This is one Andy Dick act that no one is going to be laughing at. The comedian, who is as well known for his comedy routines as for his frequent brush-ins with the law, has been arrested on charges of sexual battery in the town of Murrieta, California. He allegedly groped a teenage girl outside a restaurant, after which her friends called the police.

The comedian is no stranger to controversy. His off-screen and off-stage life has actually been a series of scandals and skirmishes with the law. The man seems to derive some sort of perverse pleasure in defying the law, and offending sensibilities. Last year, he was cited in Ohio for urinating in public, and was thrown off the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live because of his offensive behavior towards Ivanka Trump who also happened to be a guest on the show. In 1999, Dick was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine, after a car accident in which he drove his car into a telephone pole.

On Tuesday, the comedian had a run-in with cops when he was involved in a minor altercation at a sports café in Murrieta at about 9 pm. The cops noticed that he was intoxicated, and told him to either leave or he would be arrested on charges of public intoxication. Soon after, Dick arrived at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Murrieta with his entourage and proceeded to drink heavily.

The young girl who was at the restaurant with her friends approached him, after she recognized who he was, but backed off when she realized that he was intoxicated. As Dick was leaving the restaurant, he spotted the girl with her friends, and went up to her. According to the complaint that the girl filed, he groped her, and even exposed her.

When the police arrived, they forced him and his friends to line up so the girl could identify him. After the girl made identification, he was charged with sexual battery. He was also found to have marijuana and XANAX in his pocket for which he had no prescription. He has also been charged with possession of an illegal substance. There are also possibilities that he will be charged for public intoxication too.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a scene from one of his raucous acts, and it would be foolish to neglect this man’s constant flouting of the law, just because he is a famous face. We need to stop laughing at his jokes, and the girl needs to haul him to court, so he can be exposed as the diseased mind that he is. We encourage such predators when we continue to ignore their sordid behavior and raise them on a pedestal. We seriously hope the girls parents are not intimidated by his celebrity status, and are considering all possible legal means at their disposal.

Their daughter’s humiliation in public by this arrogant man has to be compensated. There’s no doubt that she is scarred by what happened. The family must not let this go unpunished.

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