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Actor Timothy Hutton accused of raping 14-year-old girl in 1983

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Actor Timothy Hutton accused of raping 14-year-old girl in 1983

Actor Timothy Hutton has been accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a hotel room in 1983, according to a report.

The accuser, Sera Johnston, now 50, told BuzzFeed News that she and two junior high school friends met Hutton at a Vancouver restaurant.

Hutton invited them back to his hotel along with some of his male friends.

Johnston reported the alleged incident to Vancouver cops last year amid the #MeToo movement.

There is no statute of limitations on rape in Canada, although Johnston acknowledged that the age of consent for s** in Canada in 1983 was 14.

It is now 16.

Johnston claimed that she and her friends went to Hutton’s hotel room where he and his male buddies offered them drinks.

Hutton sat down next to her and started petting her legs.

She felt uncomfortable and realized that things were going to be bad.

Hutton led her to his bedroom and asked if she had ever had s**.

One of his friends came into the room at this point.

Johnston stated that she told the men that she did not think it was a good idea, and that her mother would not be happy about it.

However, “to everything I would say, it was, ‘It’ll be OK, it’ll be OK.

It won’t last long, and you’ll be fine,’” Johnston said.

Hutton raped her, and his unnamed friend forced her to perform oral s**.

The other man is not named.

Johnston acknowledged that another lawyer informed her the age of consent for s** in Canada in 1983 was 14.

It is now 16.

A Vancouver Police Department spokesman only said, “If there was a report filed with the VPD, we will be investigating.

We take all crimes very seriously, and our officers will conduct a thorough investigation.”

Hutton’s camp said Johnston only went to the cops after trying to land a financial settlement from “The Falcon and the Snowman” movie star.

One of Johnston’s ex-boyfriends even tried to get the other allegedly involved man to help with a lucrative deal.

Johnston said that at one point, Hutton offered her $135,000, but she claimed she turned the deal down because she’d have to deny what happened.

She was allegedly seeking $1.5 million.

A rep for the actor told BuzzFeed that Hutton went to the FBI about the allegation after learning that the site was working on the story.

Tom Clare, a lawyer for Hutton, told The Post in a statement, “There was no encounter of any kind here, and certainly no s**ual assault.”

“The woman featured in the BuzzFeed article, Sera Dale Johnston, has tried to extort millions of dollars from Tim over the last two years.

The article was published only after those extortion attempts failed.” He also claimed that BuzzFeed “shamefully disregarded the facts and allowed itself to be used by Ms.

Johnston.”

“BuzzFeed recklessly disregarded multiple sworn declarations from neutral third parties that absolutely show Ms. Johnston’s allegations to be false.

In addition, BuzzFeed ignored hard evidence that Ms. Johnston lied about participating in extortion attempts and turned a blind eye to critical inconsistencies in Ms. Johnston’s story.

Tim is prepared to take any and all necessary steps, including the filing of a defamation lawsuit, to clear his name and to hold BuzzFeed and Ms. Johnston accountable for their reckless and self-serving efforts to destroy Tim’s reputation and career.”

A spokesman for BuzzFeed, Matt Mittenthal, responded to The Post, “BuzzFeed News’ reporting on the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by Timothy Hutton is based on interviews with the alleged victim, the account of a woman who was with her that evening, and five separate people who were told of the assault at the time.

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