Timothy Hutton Denies Allegations Of 1983 Sexual Assault; Calls Claims Failed “Extortion Attempts”

Someone needs to sue BuzzFeed out of existence like Gawker. Women who make false accusations need to go to jail.

https://deadline.com/2020/03/timothy-hutton-rape-allegation-denied-1983-1202872687/

Timothy Hutton is vigorously denying claims that he raped a teenager in 1983, saying he may file a defamation lawsuit soon against his accuser and the publication that detailed her allegations.

“For the past two-and-a-half years, I have been the target of multiple extortion attempts by a woman named Sera Dale Johnston to extract millions of dollars from me,” the star of Fox’s Almost Family told Deadline on Monday after reports of the decades-old claims were published. “She threatened that if I did not meet her demands, she would go to the press with a false allegation that I sexually assaulted her 37 years ago in Canada,” Hutton added.

“What’s really going on here is that Ms. Johnston’s extortion attempts failed,” Hutton adds. “She then decided to follow through on her threat to go to the press with her false story. When I became aware of this, I went to the FBI, signed a sworn statement, and filed a criminal complaint against Ms. Johnston for extortion.”

“I will not stop fighting to expose this story for what it is – a failed extortion attempt based on something that never happened,” concluded Hutton.

“We will be sending BuzzFeed a legal retraction demand,” attorney Tom Clare said Monday of the extensive piece, which recounted Johnston’s recollection of the incident at a Vancouver hotel. “If BuzzFeed wrongfully refuses to retract the article, Tim is prepared to take any and all necessary steps, including the filing of a defamation lawsuit, to clear his name and to hold BuzzFeed and Ms. Johnston accountable for their reckless and self-serving efforts to destroy Tim’s reputation and career,” the Alexandria, VA-based Clare Locke LLP partner stated of someone Hutton says he never even met.