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An arrest warrant was issued for Rose McGowan for felony
possession of a controlled substance.
The warrant, obtained by the Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority Police Department, was issued on Feb. 1, according to the
Associated Press.
Police launched an investigation after they allegedly found
traces of narcotics in personal belongings left behind on a United flight
arriving at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Jan. 20, the AP
reports.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority Police Department, Rob Yingling, told Deadline investigators believe
the personal belongings were McGowan’s.
“Our police have attempted to contact Ms. McGowan so that
she can appear in a Loudoun County Virginia court to respond to the charge,”
Yingling said.
The fact there was a warrant out for the star’s arrest
surfaced after the actress brought it upon social media on Monday.
The 44-year-old – who has accused Hollywood producer Harvey
Weinstein of sexually assaulting her claimed the warrant was part of a
conspiracy to silence her.
“Are they trying to silence me? There is a warrant out for
my arrest in Virginia. What a load of HORSES—,” she tweeted Monday morning.
It is not clear when the actress became aware of the
warrant.
Earlier this month, McGowan said she was raped by Weinstein.
Speaking at the Women’s Convention in Detroit on Friday,
McGowan talked about her life after the alleged assault by the former movie
mogul.
“I have been silenced for 20 years. I have been slut-shamed.
I have been harassed. I have been maligned and you know what? I’m just like
you,” she said. “What happened to me behind the scenes happens to all of us in
society and it cannot stand and it will not stand.”
She is one of more than 50 women who have come forward to
accuse Weinstein of sexual misconduct or assault.
A spokesperson for the movie mogul previously told “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr.
Weinstein.”
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