Actor Michael Pitt was arrested Friday at his home in Brooklyn on nine state counts. His lawyers deny the allegations.

A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the 44-year-old actor was arrested and arraigned in a Brooklyn courtroom. Court records ob

On Aug. 5, 2020, Pitt allegedly engaged in oral sex with an individual by means of forcible compulsion and without their consent according to the indictment. That same day he also allegedly assaulted an individual with a piece of wood.