Crime & Safety

Tables Turning on African-American Actress Detained in Studio City

VIDEO: An activist says Daniele Watts may have cried wolf.


An actress who said she was handcuffed and briefly detained on a Studio City street because Los Angeles police officers mistook her and her husband for a prostitute and customer is apparently losing her support base.

NBC reports that a prominent activist who first came to her aid is now distancing himself from Daniele Watts, and even comments on Facebook are turning against her.

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