{"id":29640,"date":"2014-10-23T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=29640"},"modified":"2014-10-23T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T08:10:17","slug":"django-unchained-actress-daniele-watts-charged-with-lewd-conduct-in-los-angeles-car-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/23\/django-unchained-actress-daniele-watts-charged-with-lewd-conduct-in-los-angeles-car-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Django Unchained\u2019 actress Daniele Watts charged with lewd conduct in Los Angeles car incident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES\u2014Actress Daniele Watts, who suggested she was detained by police because of racial profiling after she was found in a parked car with her boyfriend, was charged Tuesday with lewd conduct.<\/p>\n

Watts, 28, and her boyfriend Brian Lucas, 43, were each charged with a single misdemeanour count that carries a potential sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, said Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the city attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

An email sent to Watts\u2019 agent, Justin Baxter, and another email sent to Lucas, a chef, through his website were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n

Both remained free pending their Nov. 13 arraignment, Mateljan said.<\/p>\n

Watts, who appeared in the movie \u201cDjango Unchained,\u201d was briefly handcuffed last month after police said she refused to provide identification to an officer investigating a report of lewd conduct in a parked Mercedes in Studio City.<\/p>\n

Watts said she and Lucas were just kissing.<\/p>\n

The incident went viral after Watts and Lucas claimed on their Facebook pages that the detention reflected racial profiling.<\/p>\n

Lucas, who is white, told KCBS-TV in a joint interview with Watts that he suspected the officer mistook the black actress for a prostitute \u201cbecause he was asking me questions like, \u2018Who is she? How do you know her? Are you together?\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n

Police said they followed proper protocol while investigating the 911 call and local civil rights activists demanded that Watts apologize for suggesting race played a role in the confrontation.<\/p>\n

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who initially rallied behind the actress, said she \u201ccried wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take racial profiling very seriously,\u201d he told reporters last month. \u201cIt\u2019s not a play thing. It\u2019s not trivial.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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