ASSAULT CHARGER AGAINST ACTOR
LOS ANGELES/October 22. Two charges" "of assault have been preferred against Enrol Flynn, the Aus» tralian-born screen star. Flynn is due to appear in Court tomorrow on a charge of having assaulted Betty Hansen, aged 17, after a party on the night of September 29.
Last night Fiyim was also charged with having assaulted Peggy Satterlee, aged 17, during -a weekend trip on his yacht on August 3, 1941. Police records show that the. girl's ' mother reported the affair to the district attorney, but that she and the daughter disappeared ~ before a complaint -could be issued. Flynn, who was born in Hobart in June, 1909, became ~an American citizen last August.'- He was rejected for military service 'because 7oi a lung ailment. He married Lili Damita, also a film star, in May/ 19,35, and she divorced him last Aprih retaining the custody of their son,. Scan- Under Calif ornian law the -age of consent is 18.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 100, 24 October 1942, Page 7
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