Timothy Hutton.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Timothy Huttonwon’t face charges in thesexual assault allegation case against himstemming from 1983.
The Vancouver Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. An attorney for Johnston was not immediately available for comment.
“The online media outlet BuzzFeed News first published Ms. Johnston’s unfounded claim in March 2020, alleging that she had filed a criminal complaint in November 2019. Mr. Hutton immediately went on the record and denied the allegation, stating that it was false, fabricated, and the result of a failed extortion attempt,” the statement concluded.
In 2019, Johnston, now 52, filed a criminal complaint with the Vancouver Police Department against the Oscar winner. In March 2020, she toldBuzzFeed NewsHutton assaulted her in a hotel room when she was 14 and he was 22.
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Hutton also accused BuzzFeed News of publishing a “false story.”
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Johnston told BuzzFeed News that after finding a lawyer, she entered arbitration with the actor’s attorneys, initially agreeing to a $135,000 settlement. She said she backed out when she realized Hutton would be able to deny raping her.
“It was the indignance and the attitude that I was so angry about,” Johnston told the outlet. “That tells me that you don’t even realize what you’ve done. You don’t care. It doesn’t matter.”
Hutton won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1981 forOrdinary People. He has since starred inThe Gloriaswith Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander, Netflix’sThe Haunting of Hill Houseand Amazon’sTom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.
source: people.com
