Andy Dick Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexual Battery; Arrest Livestreamed

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — Comedian Andy Dick was arrested on suspicion of felony sexual battery charges Wednesday morning at O'Neill Regional Park in Orange County, authorities told Patch.

Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies arrived to a campground at the park 9 a.m. Wednesday to respond to reports of sexual battery after an adult male claimed Dick, 56, sexually assaulted him, the OCSD spokesperson Scott Steinle told Patch.

Dick faces felony sexual battery charges and is being booked into the Orange County Jail, Steinle said.

The arrest was reportedly streamed live on a popular YouTube channel, TMZ reported.

Dick has a long history of sexual assault allegations stemming from as early as 2008, where the comedian reportedly pulled off the shirt of a 17-year-old girl while drunk in Murrieta.

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He was also accused of groping a rideshare driver in West Hollywood in 2018, according to previous Patch reports.

Dick was fired from the independent film "Raising Buchanan" in 2017 after co-workers accused him of groping, licking and sexually propositioning them, sources told The Hollywood Reporter.

The comedian denied the groping allegations but acknowledged he may have licked people as part of his comic shtick.

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"I didn't grope anybody. I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them. That's my thing," Dick said in a previous report. "I licked Carrie Fisher at a roast. It's me being funny. I'm not trying to sexually harass people," he said.

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