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"American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne, arrested after threatening to sexually abuse a neighbor's dog, left court a free woman Friday after a judge promised to dismiss the charges against her.
"American Pie" actress Natasha Lyonne was arrested in 2004 after threatening to sexually abuse a neighbor's dog, but now that she's completed a court-ordered drug program, a judge has sentenced her to a conditional discharge.
Getting Natasha Lyonne in court hasn't been quite as easy as pie.
Finally acting on a long-standing warrant for her arrest, the "American Pie" actor turned herself in Friday to answer to a variety of charges stemming from a 2004 run-in with her now-former neighbor, in which she allegedly threatened to sexually molest the neighbor's dog, Reuters reports.
A bench warrant was issued for Lyonne's arrest in January after she missed her fourth court date pertaining to this one incident.
Technically, this was also the third time a judge had to order Lyonne into custody, but the previous warrant was cleared up when the court learned Lyonne had spent most of last summer being treated for hepatitis C, a heart infection and a collapsed lung.
Perhaps realizing that she would have to tie up her loose legal ends before she could move on with her life, Lyonne showed up in Manhattan Criminal Court at last, accompanied by drug counselor Heather Hayes.
"American Pie" actress Natasha Lyonne, accused of threatening to sexually molest a dog, turned herself in at a New York court on Friday, Reuters reported.
The American Pie actress was accused of sexually molesting a neighbor's dog. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Natasha has had her share of problems and even Michael Rapaport wrote a report on what a terrible tenant she was. She tried to dodge the court after missing 4 hearings and now she has decided to face the music. Here's more:
Actress Natasha Lyonne, the star of "American Pie" accused of threatening to sexually molest a dog, turned herself in at a New York court on Friday.
The 27-year-old faced a number of charges including criminal mischief, harassment and trespassing after accusations she threatened to sexually molest her former neighbor's dog and ripped a mirror off the wall during a 2004 argument.
At the Manhattan Criminal Court appearance, drug counselor Heather Hayes said Lyonne had completed an in-patient drug program in February and continued to attend outpatient rehabilitation groups.
Judge Anthony Ferrara said the charges would be dropped if the actress stayed out of trouble for the next six months.
The good news is she is clearly working hard to get better. Let's hope she stays clean, out of trouble and away from dogs for a very long time.