Posted on Advocate.com January 05, 2012 10:51:11 PM ET
Acclaimed Film Director Investigated For Allegedly Groping Transgender Niece
By Jeremy Kinser
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/01/05/Acclaimed_Film_Director_Investigated_For_Allegedly_Groping_Transgender_Niece/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/01/05/Acclaimed_Film_Director_Investigated_For_Allegedly_Groping_Transgender_Niece/)
Oscar-nominated film director David O. Russell is being investigated by police in Florida for allegedly groping the breasts of a 19-year-old woman described as his niece though they are not blood-related, reports TMZ.
The incident took place December 30 during a workout session at a gym in southern Florida. According to the police report, Russell considered the touching consensual. The woman, whose name has not been released but who is repeated described as Russell's "niece," claims Russell "put his hands under [her] top and felt both breasts." She later told police she felt "uncomfortable" but "did not ask him to stop at any time."
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David O. Russell Fingered in Quasi-Incestuous, Transsexual Groping Claim
By Tim Kenneally at TheWrap
Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:07am EST
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/idUS279320246320120106 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/idUS279320246320120106)
Sounds like David O. Russell truly is flirting with disaster.
According to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun, Russell's transsexual, 19-year-old nephew, Nicholas Peloquin -- the son of Russell's adoptive sister, Barbara Jane Peloquin -- alleges that "The Fighter" director inappropriately groped Peloquin during a super-awkward exchange at a Florida gym on Friday.
David O. Russell's Niece The Fight Ain't Over Yet!!!
1/7/2012 12:55 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/07/david-o-russell-niece-groped-state-attorney-office-charge/#.Twhb_iNEYas (http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/07/david-o-russell-niece-groped-state-attorney-office-charge/#.Twhb_iNEYas)
David O. Russell's transgender niece isn't giving up after cops refused to file charges against the director -- family sources tell TMZ, she plans to do whatever she can to reopen the case.
TMZ broke the story ... the Broward County Sheriff's Office has closed the case against Russell -- after his niece claimed the director groped her breasts -- "because it's an allegation of simple battery that was not witnessed by law enforcement."
Her only option now is to take her case to the State's Attorney on her own -- and we're told she's strongly considering making the move. If successful, Russell could still face criminal charges.
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David O. Russell Won't Face Charges in Transgender Grope Claim
By Tim Kenneally at TheWrap | Fri Jan 6, 2012 9:37pm EST
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/07/idUS202232734420120107 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/07/idUS202232734420120107)
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/investigation-closed-david-o-russell-transgender-grope-claim-34160 (http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/investigation-closed-david-o-russell-transgender-grope-claim-34160)
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David O. Russell can breathe a sigh of relief over his puzzling late-December encounter with his transgendered niece.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office, which initially looked into the matter, has closed its investigation into the matter, following its initial Jan. 3 report.
The "Fighter" director initially attracted the authorities' attention after his 19-year-old, transgendered niece, Nichole Peloquin, told a sheriff's department deputy that Russell had groped her breasts during a workout session at the gym in the Embassy Suites hotel in Deerfield Beach, Fla. on Friday.