Andy Dick was arrested Wednesday in Riverside County on suspicion of sexual battery and marijuana possession after the comedian allegedly grabbed a 17-year-old girl's tank top and exposed her breasts at a Murrieta bar/restaurant, police reported. Officers described Dick, 42, as “extremely intoxicated and belligerent” at the time of his arrest, which occurred about 1:15 a.m. in a Sam's Club parking lot near Buffalo Wild Wings, according to Murrieta police Lt. Dennis Vrooman. Marijuana and at least one Xanax pill were found in Dick's pants pockets, Vrooman said. He said Dick did not have a prescription for the Xanax, a drug used to treat anxiety disorders and anxiety caused by depression.
Several hours before his arrest, Dick had been asked to leave the Corner Pocket Sports Bar on California Oaks Road. Kicki Maris, the bar's owner, told KCAL9 that Dick “was giving hard time to the customers” and the bartenders “refused to serve him anymore.”
When police were called to quell a disturbance at the tavern about 9 p.m. Tuesday, they encountered Dick, who “was moderately intoxicated at the time, and in lieu of being arrested for public intoxication, he agreed to leave the location with his friends,” Vrooman said.
Early this morning, police were called on a report that someone was urinating in the parking lot of Buffalo Wild Wings at 40484 Murrieta Hot Springs Road. Arriving officers were told that Dick grabbed the teen's tank top and bra and pulled them down, exposing her breasts, Vrooman said.
Witnesses told police that Dick and five companions went to a pickup truck parked at a nearby lot but “we arrived quicker than they were able to leave,” Vrooman said.
Dick was sitting in the front seat next to the driver, and four passengers were in the back seat of the large Honda pickup, Vrooman said.
A curbside lineup was conducted, and Dick was identified by the alleged teenage victim, as well as a witness, according to police.
Dick, whose credits include the TV series “Less Than Perfect” and “NewsRadio,” was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on suspicion of narcotics possession, possession of 28.5 grams of marijuana and misdemeanor sexual battery, according to Riverside County sheriff's jail records.
Possession of less than an ounce of pot – 28 grams – is usually a misdemeanor.
Dick spent the night in jail, posted $5,000 bail and walked out of the county lockup on Auld Road about 10 a.m. He is set to be arraigned Aug. 12 at the Murrieta Courthouse.
A spokesman for the entertainer could not be reached for comment.
Dick, a Charleston, S.C., native who was adopted by a naval officer and his wife, has a long rap sheet for drug-related arrests dating to 1999, when he crashed a car into a telephone pole and was charged with drunken driving and possession of cocaine.
On Dec. 4, 2004, Dick was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure for mooning some friends at a McDonald's.
Dick is known for being outrageous, whether on stage or off. In late 2006, he used the n-word in a routine at a Los Angeles comedy club, angering the audience.
Last year, during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” he was removed from the show after rubbing Ivanka Trump's leg and asking her for a “big, fat, sloppy kiss.” He followed up that appearance with another that started with Kimmel airing a clip of him being dragged off the set.
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