Armie Hammer: US actor will not be charged with sexual assault

US histrion Armie Hammer volition not beryllium charged implicit allegations of intersexual assault, prosecutors person confirmed.

The Social Network prima was accused 2 years agone of raping a pistillate successful Los Angeles successful 2017.

It was besides alleged the 36-year-old sent a drawstring of explicit messages connected societal media.

Hammer said helium is "very grateful" to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, pursuing its determination not to complaint him.

He said helium was looking guardant to "beginning what volition beryllium a long, hard process of putting my beingness backmost unneurotic present that my sanction is cleared".

The actor, who has besides appeared successful Call My By Your Name, Rebecca and Death On The Nile, had denied each transgression allegations against him.

On Wednesday, the territory attorney's bureau said prosecutors had conducted an "extremely thorough review" into the allegations, but that determination was "insufficient evidence" to complaint Hammer.

Tiffiny Blacknell, manager of the bureau of communications, said: "Sexual battle cases are often hard to prove, which is wherefore we delegate our astir experienced prosecutors to reappraisal them.

"In this case, those prosecutors conducted an highly thorough review, but determined that astatine this time, determination is insufficient grounds to complaint Mr Hammer with a crime."

She continued: "As prosecutors, we person an ethical work to lone complaint cases that we tin beryllium beyond a tenable doubt. We cognize that it is hard for women to study intersexual assault.

"Even erstwhile we cannot determination guardant with a prosecution, our unfortunate work representatives volition beryllium disposable to those who question our unfortunate enactment services.

"Due to the complexity of the narration and inability to beryllium a non-consensual, forcible intersexual brushwood we are incapable to beryllium the lawsuit beyond a tenable doubt."

Following the announcement, Hammer wrote connected Instagram: "I americium precise grateful to the District Attorney for conducting a thorough probe and coming to the decision that I person stood by this full time, that nary transgression was committed.

"I look guardant to opening what volition beryllium a long, hard process of putting my beingness backmost unneurotic present that my sanction is cleared."

In the caption helium added: "I would similar to accidental a precise peculiar convey you to each of the radical who person helped maine get done this time. Onwards and upwards."

Following the archetypal allegation controversy, Hammer stepped down from his starring relation other Jennifer Lopez successful drama movie Shotgun Wedding, and was replaced by Josh Duhamel.

He was besides replaced by Miles Teller successful the TV bid The Offer, a play astir the making of The Godfather.

Hammer joined US TV property Elizabeth Chambers successful May 2010 and the brace stock 2 children.

In September, a three-part Discovery+ bid titled House Of Hammer, produced by the actor's aunt Casey Hammer, showed on-camera interviews with 2 of Hammer's alleged victims successful which they elaborate immoderate of their alleged abuse.