BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Broward Sheriff's Office has ended a quick investigation of Oscar-nominated director David O. Russell (The Fighter) after his transgender niece accused him of touching her breasts Dec. 30 in a Deerfield Beach hotel gym.
Russell, 53, acknowledged touching 19-year-old niece Nicole Peloquin's enhanced breasts. He was curious about Peloquin's transition and asked her if she'd be uncomfortable if he touched her.
"Peloquin said that [she] was not uncomfortable," according to the BSO report.
Nicole Peloquin (born Nicolas) is the daughter of Russell's adopted sister and told deputies that she is saving for a sex-change operation. No one answered her cellphone number Friday afternoon and the voicemail message box was full.
Russell spokeswoman Cynthia Swartz said the movie director was "pleased that the authorities have looked into this matter and have confirmed that the investigation has been concluded and the case has been closed.”
Not exactly.
BSO spokeswoman Dani Moschella said the sheriff's office would not charge Russell, explaining that if a crime at the Embassy Suites hotel was committed, it would be classified as a misdemeanor battery.
Peloquin would have to file a complaint with the Broward state attorney's office and it would be up to investigators there whether to charge Russell, Moschella said.
Wow! All that requires me to be a woman is to have implants in my chest. I majored Biology, I must of missed that part. You are a part of the huge problem with reporters these days. Blatantly slandering this man and implying him a pedophile with your joke of a headline.
Trying to make this man out to be a pedophile when he and his ADULT NEPHEW,(who hasn't even had a sex change for that matter), Agreed for him to touch his fake breasts, which he agreed upon.
Sensationalist Wannabe Reporter.
Posted by: DENNIS SMITH | January 06, 2012 at 11:08 PM
When are they going to realize that even though one can have surgery to add and/or remove certain parts of their bodies because of "gender identity" that they would not be able to change their chromosome makeup.
Posted by: Tlcoopi7 | January 07, 2012 at 02:06 AM
Strange story.
Strange in that, why would this niece go to the authorities and make a case against her own uncle, knowing it might lead to his arrest, knowing that it might bring unwanted attention to her and the family, knowing that she'd have to testify in a court case against him, knowing that she had originally said she had no problem with him touching her?
Would love to be a fly on the wall at THAT family's Thanksgiving dinner gathering this year!
(On the menu: Tension, bitterness, and -- for dessert -- indigestion.)
Posted by: Chris | January 07, 2012 at 04:52 AM
Just another family of Hollywood perverts and scumbags.
Posted by: Johnny Ragu | January 07, 2012 at 08:48 AM
I would think that a "transgender" person, is so screwed up that he doesn't really know what he's doing.
Posted by: Pedro Jimenez | January 07, 2012 at 08:55 AM