Scott Baio Will NOT Face Prosecution Despite Nicole Eggert’s ‘Credible’ Molestation Claims
May 24, 2018Looks like Scott Baio is getting off scot free.
TMZ reports the L.A County Deputy D.A.'s office found Nicole Eggert's allegations her costar molested her for years while filming Charles In Charge "credible" and the crimes "potentially prosecutable."
But Scott is apparently protected by the statute of limitations.
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There's no limit these days, but there was a 3-year statute of limitations back in the '80s when the alleged crimes occurred — meaning he's in the clear, something Eggert says she expected:
"I always knew this case was beyond statutes of limitations and unfortunately the DA would not be able to prosecute Scott Baio. However I also knew the importance of laying the groundwork for any future victims of Baio's that may come forward and to warn parents who might unknowingly allow their children to be alone with this molester."
Baio denies all claims made against him, saying he only had consensual sex with Eggert once, after she had turned 18.
In another decision against Eggert, a woman named Kimberly Jorges, a Scott Baio superfan apparently, successfully got a restraining order against the actress.
Jorges claimed Eggert had been harassing her on social media, even posting the name of her employer to try to get her fans to call and complain about her.
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Eggert's side? She tells TMZ this woman had been nonstop trolling her since she came forward about Baio:
"Myself and my supporters have been continually attacked by Jorges, a paid internet troll hired by the Baios, to the point that she has contacted people in real life and tried to have them fired for supporting me. We have record of all of it. She seems to suffer from mental illness as she has already admitted to 'stalking' me."
The Baios hired her?? That's a pretty severe claim. Not to mention, most Twitter trolls do it for free…
A source told TMZ the stalking confession was true — sharing an alleged tweet that said:
"Yes … I am stalking Nicole Eggert. We have to take it upon ourselves to spread the truth. Because y'all have no clue what so ever what that means. LIAR QUEENS. Full admission! all liars, like Nicole! Scum."
Sounds like maybe Eggert should ask for an order of her own.