De rechtzaak dit Rose moet bijzitten nadat ze haar spullen vergeten was op een vlucht, waarin later sporen van drugs zijn gevonden is uitgesteld tot maart. De rechtzaak zou eigenlijk afgelopen dinsdag plaatsvinden, nadat er vorig jaar oktober een arrestatiebevel voor haar uitgeven werd voor verboden drugsbezit. Rose gaf zichzelf in november aan en kwam vrij op borgtocht, ze gaf toen aan dat dit mogelijk een manier was om haar stil te krijgen omdat precies in die periode de rel rondom de seksuele intimidatie door producer Harvey Weinstein begon. Rose zou in een verklaring al hebben laten weten dat ze vermoed dat de drugs in haar portemonnee is gestopt omdat ze tijdens de vlucht hier zelf niet bij kon.
A hearing for actress Rose McGowan in Northern Virginia on a felony charge has been postponed until March, according to court records.
McGowan was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a felony charge, after she left behind “personal belongings” that “tested positive for narcotics” on a flight that flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on Jan. 20, 2017, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police.
A preliminary hearing on her case is now scheduled to go before a judge in Loudoun County on March 21. It had been scheduled for Tuesday.
A lawyer for McGowan — Jessica Carmichael — said Monday that a scheduling conflict for the prosecutor caused the postponement.
McGowan has been one of the most consistent voices speaking out against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of serial sexual harassment and abuse. McGowan said Weinstein raped her and later tried to pay her in exchange to keep quiet. Weinstein has repeatedly denied “nonconsensual sex.”
McGowan is known for her roles in the horror firm “Scream” and in the TV series “Charmed.”
In the Loudoun County incident, a warrant for her arrest was issued in late October. She turned herself in at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in mid-November and was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
McGowan had said on Twitter that she was being silenced. She wrote, “Are they trying to silence me? There is a warrant out for my arrest in Virginia. What a load of HORSES—.”
McGowan told the New Yorker that she didn’t initially respond to the warrant because she was worried she was being followed by people Weinstein had hired. She said she hired a private investigator to “investigate whether the warrant was real.”
In the New Yorker article, she and her lawyer said they believed the drugs, which were found in her wallet after she left it behind when she got off the plane, could have been planted when she didn’t have access to her wallet on the flight.
