'Orange Is the New Black' Season 4 Cast: Why Is Pennsatucky Actress Suing New York City?
Orange Is the New Black star Taryn Manning is suing New York City for millions of dollars.
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Manning filed a petition against New York on Monday, claiming that they wrongfully arrested her in 2014. The actress was accused of making threats towards a woman on whom she put a restraining order.
The New York District Attorney's office did not charge Manning with anything, but apparently arrested her anyway, knowing full well that there would be no charges--so says Manning's attorney.
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"Ms. Manning should never have been arrested where the New York City Police Department received advance notice from the New York County District Attorney's Office that Ms. Manning would not be prosecuted based on an allegation of the subject complainant," Manning's attorney James Franzetti tells People in a new statement. "It was also astonishing that the NYPD acted on an allegation of a complainant with a glaring prosecutorial (two prior arrests, charges including stalking and harassing Ms. Manning) and plea history."
The statement goes on to say that this is the "first step" in the pursuit of damages following the "patently false" arrest of Manning.
"Substantively, the petition concerns the acquired, actual knowledge of the City of New York of the essential, foundational facts which serve as the basis for Ms. Manning's claims and causes of action for false arrest, civil rights and additional statutory violations," the statement says.
Manning plays Pennsatucky in Orange Is the New Black, a role that has become her most significant since the show premiered in 2013. The actress became a main cast member starting in season 2.
Orange Is the New Black season 4 will be released in full on Friday, June 17 on Netflix.
