ANDY DICK ARRESTED FOR FELONY SEXUAL ABUSE!!!

by Jacky Jasper

HUNTINGTON — Andy Dick, in town for weekend performances at the Funny Bone, was arrested around 4 a.m. Saturday by Huntington Police.

The 44-year-old is charged with two felony counts of first-degree sexual abuse. He is being held at the Western Regional Jail, awaiting arraignment.

According to a press release issued at 12:26 p.m. Saturday from the Huntington Police Department, officers responded to a call at Rum Runners at 819 3rd Ave. to investigate two alleged incidents of a patron engaging in non-consensual sexual contact with a bar employee and another patron.

“Based upon statements of two victims and independent witness accounts alleging that he had engaged in unwanted and uninvited groping of the two victims’ genital areas, Andrew R. Dick (AKA Andy Dick) of South Pasadena, Calif., was arrested and charged with two counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree,” the press release stated.

After his arrest, Dick was taken to the Western Regional Jail to await an arraignment that was expected to happen sometime after noon on Saturday via video conference with a magistrate at the Cabell County Courthouse.

According to the ticket office at the Funny Bone Comedy Club and Restaurant, Saturday night’s show is still on. No one answered the phone at the club during repeated calls on Saturday morning, however.

Dick has appeared in various movies, starred in MTV’s The Andy Dick Show for two years earlier this decade and recently appeared on VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab” spin-off “Sober House.”

According to Dick’s biography and various entertainment reports, this is not his first time having issues while on tour.

A July 2008 release from the MTV Newsroom, stated Dick was arrested in California on suspicion of drug possession and sexual battery. He allegedly grabbed and pulled down the tank-top of a 17-year-old girl, exposing her breasts.

It also details a 2007 citation by Columbus Police for urinating on a sidewalk and building. He also was reportedly intoxicated during his standup show and was accused of groping patrons at the comedy club.

In 2007, he also was escorted from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for repeatedly touching the breasts of guest Ivanka Trump without her permission.

In 2005, he dropped his pants and exposed his genitals to the audience. He was ushered off the stage, and his second show was canceled.

In 2004, he was arrested for indecent exposure outside a McDonald’s.

And in 1999, Dick was arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana following an arrest for driving his car into a telephone pole in Hollywood.

Source – Huntington Herald