ICE CUBES: David O. Russell accused of sexual assault

Director David O. Russell left Philly after wrapping the comic The Silver Linings Playbook. But there's nothing funny about the famed auteur's next move.

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ICE CUBES: David O. Russell accused of sexual assault

POSTED: Friday, January 6, 2012, 1:00 PM

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Director David O. Russell (The Fighter, Flirting with Disaster) left Philly a few weeks ago after wrapping the comic The Silver Linings Playbook. But there’s nothing funny about Bradley Cooper’s auteur pal’s next move. According to entertainment websites The Smoking Gun and The Wrap, there’s a police report claiming that Russell fondled the private parts of his transsexual, 19-year-old nephew Nicolas (also known as “Nicole”) Peloquin, the son of Russell's adoptive sister, Barbara Jane Peloquin. Nicole told a Broward County Sheriff's Office deputy that the assault happened in a Florida gym. Russell, who, in a police report called his nephew "dramatic," claims the touching incident was motivated by the nephew and was more of a hey-is-this-breast-larger-than-the-other sort of thing. Oy.

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