# Andy Dick arrested for sexual abuse **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112 "2010-01-23T14:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/1 "2010-01-23T14:37:01Z")
From [Huntington Herald-Dispatch](http://www.herald-dispatch.com/breaking/x818845820/Andy-Dick-arrested-by-HPD) > [@](#): > > HUNTINGTON – Andy Dick, in town for weekend performances at the Funny Bone, was arrested around 4 a.m. by Huntington Police. > > The 44-year-old is charged with two felony counts of first-degree sexual abuse. He is being held at the Western Regional Jail until his arraignment later Saturday. > > No details were immediately available surrounding his arrest. Anybody know what exactly ‘first-degree sexual abuse’ covers? Is this copping a feel or something more extreme? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/2 "2010-01-23T15:03:41Z")
From [here](http://www.fris.org/Sections/03-Laws/3.02-WVSexAbuse.html): > [@](#): > > First Degree Sexual Abuse: §61-8B-7 > Sexual contact without consent. Sexual contact means touching or fondling under or outside of clothing. This can be by force or with a physically helpless victim. This applies if the offender is 14 years or more and the victim is 11years or less. I have no idea if that means this charge is only used when the victim is a child, or if that’s just one of the conditions that it CAN apply. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/3 "2010-01-23T15:09:20Z")
Way more extreme. **Tengu** beat me with that link, the bastard. 🙂 Andy Dick has a history of groping women without their consent at clubs and on tour but hasn’t really gotten in trouble for it. Looks like this is a more serious incident than what he’s been known to have done before. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/4 "2010-01-23T15:12:16Z")
This would surprise me a lot more if it had been anybody but Andy Dick. That guy just radiates the creepy vibe, and he always has. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/5 "2010-01-23T15:18:20Z")
He was on the Adam Carolla podcast j[ust a few weeks ago](http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/01/05/adam-and-andy-dick-2/), and talked about his 25-yr-old girlfriend and his ongoing sobriety. Sounds like the little dirtbag tumbled off the wagon again… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/6 "2010-01-23T15:18:49Z")
oops ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/7 "2010-01-23T15:24:12Z")
With any luck, he’ll go to a real prison where he can interact on a daily basis with real criminals. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/8 "2010-01-23T15:26:39Z")
Best **CS** thread title, EVAH! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/9 "2010-01-23T15:47:22Z")
Man, that guy has demons for his demons. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/10 "2010-01-23T18:03:56Z")
Has a celebrity ever had a more appropriate surname? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/11 "2010-01-23T18:08:21Z")
I only know/knew him from newsradio. Just came across as a bit of a nerd on that. Nothing more. I guess you have to live in his country to know more. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/12 "2010-01-23T18:08:35Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > With any luck, he’ll go to a real prison where he can interact on a daily basis with real criminals. If any Hollywood celeb deserves a stretch in a real prison environment, Andy Dick should be at the top of the list. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/13 "2010-01-23T18:10:23Z")
I haven’t liked this “Dick” since he appeared on _Trading Spaces_. His costar worked her ass off cleaning his filthy kitchen and redecorating it. Andy Dick complained and bitched the entire episode. I’ve never seen such a lazy arse in my life. The celebrity episodes of Trading Spaces were always my favorites. They usually jumped in and worked hard. The Dick episode is nearly unwatchable because of his attitude. The designer and Andy did such a shitty job the woman was crying after seeing her room. It was his costar on his tv show. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/14 "2010-01-23T18:15:10Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Has a celebrity ever had a more appropriate surname? If only he’d change his given name to ‘Randy’. ---
**Author:** ![Silverstreak\_Wonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Silverstreak\_Wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silverstreak_Wonder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/15 "2010-01-23T18:18:08Z")
There was a worse one, a show where people tried out to be his assistant, too. He is rude and nasty and I hope he goes to prison regardless of his guilt in this case or not. He is overdue for other things seen first hand, I’d convict right away, put me on that jury, please. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/16 "2010-01-23T18:25:36Z")
> [@2ply](#): > > Andy Dick has a history of groping women without their consent at clubs and on tour but hasn’t really gotten in trouble for it. Looks like this is a more serious incident than what he’s been known to have done before. I can testify about this firsthand. I was in a bar in L.A. a few years ago with some friends and Andy Dick came in already drunk. He stumbled through the crowd and pretty much “fell” into my friend’s breasts. At the time though, we didn’t know he had a history of doing that, and the whole thing just seemed so surreal that we kind of laughed it off instead of thinking about pressing charges. I assume that’s what happens with a lot of people, but I’m glad it’s finally caught up with him now… ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/17 "2010-01-23T18:33:26Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I can testify about this firsthand. I was in a bar in L.A. a few years ago with some friends and Andy Dick came in already drunk. He stumbled through the crowd and pretty much “fell” into my friend’s breasts. At the time though, we didn’t know he had a history of doing that, and the whole thing just seemed so surreal that we kind of laughed it off instead of thinking about pressing charges. I assume that’s what happens with a lot of people, but I’m glad it’s finally caught up with him now… And just to let you know he is an equal opportunity, obnoxious, asshole drunk, I too have witnessed him in LA coming into Gay bars and just grabbing crotches at random and stumbling around until bouncers toss him out. He was 86’d (banned) from several Gay bars in West Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/18 "2010-01-23T18:42:33Z")
I thought he was gay. I guess he is a people person? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/19 "2010-01-23T18:57:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If only he’d change his given name to ‘Randy’. Argh, you stole my joke (clearly! 😉 ) I was going to say “with the exception of Randy Dick..” ---
**Author:** ![BKReporter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112/20 "2010-01-23T19:22:14Z")
Well, I guess being a dick finally caught up with him. What? Somebody had to say it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-dick-arrested-for-sexual-abuse/526112.md?page=2)