Home Alone Star Devin Ratray Being Investigated For 2017 Rape Allegation
25.08.2022 - 22:41
/ perezhilton.com
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Police in New York City are investigating a rape allegation against actor Devin Ratray.
Ratray is well-known to movie buffs for his role as Macaulay Culkin‘s bullying older brother Buzz in the Home Alone films. He’s also been in the news for other unfortunate reasons recently: late last year in Oklahoma, Ratray was accused of domestic violence against his then-girlfriend. That case’s next scheduled hearing is coming up in October. But this rape allegation is new — and shocking.
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According to CNN, accuser Lisa Smith said she had been friends with Ratray “for about 15 years” before her alleged assault took place one night in 2017. That night, Smith told the outlet, she was hanging out with Devin and some other friends at a bar in New York City before the group went back to the actor’s place.
The woman claimed Ratray poured drinks for the group, and “seemed intent on giving her a specific glass.” Smith, who now believes she was drugged, quickly became exhausted. The actor invited her to spend the night sleeping on his couch.
Hours later after their friends left, Smith said she was overpowered by the actor. She claimed he sexually assaulted her for what felt like “an eternity” that night:
Finally, she says, he left her to sleep. Some time the next afternoon, Smith said, she was finally able to move enough to put on her clothes and leave the apartment.
CNN reports that Smith told a friend, her sister, and one of her brothers about the alleged rape the next day. All three people corroborated the story to the outlet, and said they encouraged Smith to go to the police. But she didn’t. Instead she