Past reactions to it being “creepy,” some individuals additionally identified Anthony’s controversial previous, which incorporates a number of sexual assault allegations. The primary one emerged in 2004 when Anthony and Hustle & Circulate assistant director Wayne Witherspoon had been accused of raping a 25-year-old additional on the set of the movie. A lady claimed to have heard screaming, adopted by a unadorned lady operating from a trailer. She was later handled at St. Francis Hospital. The Each day Beast reported that Anthony was charged with aggravated rape however was launched on a $20K bond. He denies the allegations.
A spokesperson for Anthony mentioned in a press release: “Anthony is a fortunately married household man who has by no means been accused of – no much less concerned in – something remotely like this, and we’re assured that when all of the information come out, he shall be fully exonerated.” A Memphis decide threw out the case, deeming it “essentially the most suspicious case I’ve ever heard.”
Anthony has by no means been convicted of any of the costs introduced in opposition to him.