Tom Wopat Arraigned On Drugs And Assault Charges
Tom Wopat, one of the Dukes in the Dukes of Hazzard, the 1980s TV comedy about good ol’ boys eluding the law, was arraigned Thursday on charges he groped a female cast member of the stage musical he was supposed to open in later Thursday.
Wopat pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery and drug possession charges in Waltham, Mass., west of Boston, reported The Associated Press. He was released on $1,000 bail and told to stay away from the woman. He refused to comment outside court.
The Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham announced on its website that its production of the Tony Award-winning backstage musical, 42nd Street, would open with a different actor playing Wopat’s role of Broadway producer Julian Marsh.
According to a statement from the Waltham Police Department, Wopat, 65, was arrested in his car on a warrant late Wednesday. The warrant involved a charge of “indecent assault and battery on a person over 14.”
The police statement said “two bags of white powder believed to be cocaine” were found in the car so a drugs possession charge was added.
Wopat, married to his second wife, Kathy, has worked steadily since Dukes, on TV, on stage and in music.
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