Actor RIP TORN arrested in New York

[KiwiCoromandel]

Actor Rip Torn was arrested after he was involved in a two-car accident in North Salem, New York, and refused to take a breathalyser test for alcohol, police said.

Torn, 75, was due in court in North Salem, a suburb of New York City, for an arraignment later on Monday, a police spokesman said.

Torn has been nominated for an Oscar and a Tony for a body of work going back to the 1950s and is known to more recently for playing Chief Zed in the Men in Black movies.

In 2004 a jury acquitted Torn of misdemeanour drunken driving charges after an arrest that became infamous for a police videotape of the handcuffed actor cursing at the officers and refusing to take a breathalyser test.

Attorney Adam Levy, who represented Torn in the 2004 case, declined immediate comment other than to say one of his associates would represent Torn at his arraignment.

A publicist for Torn said he could not comment because he had yet to talk to the actor.

Torn made his movie debut with a small part in Elia Kazan's Baby Doll in 1956 and he studied acting under the legendary Lee Strasburg at the Actors Studio.

Torn was nominated in 1984 for a best supporting actor Oscar for Cross Creek, and he was nominated for a Tony Award in 1960 as best featured actor in a play for Sweet Bird of Youth.

source:Reuters

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[slum_goddess]

good luck, Rip! (coolest name in show biz apart from Rock Freebase)