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Statute Of Limitations Spares Steven Seagal Prosecution
For the second time, the district attorney's office cited the statute of limitations in declining to charge the actor with sexual assault.
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has declined to file a case against Steven Seagal in connection with a woman's allegation that the actor sexually assaulted her in 2002.
In a charge evaluation worksheet released Friday, a prosecutor noted that a potential case was "previously declined for further investigation," and that the results of the subsequent investigation did not yield evidence sufficient to meet the requirements of state law involving the statute of limitations.
"Therefore, the case is declined due to the expiration of the statute of limitations," according to the charge evaluation worksheet, which noted that the woman alleged that she had been sexually assaulted between May 1, 2002 and Aug. 31, 2002.
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Prosecutors had declined earlier this year to file a case against Seagal involving an alleged sexual assault in 1993, citing the statute of limitations.
City News Service; Photo: Actor Steven Seagal attends qualifying ahead of the Russian Formula One Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom on October 11, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
