Former child star Amanda Bynes is on the best way to overtake Lindsay Lohan as the reigning queen of bizarre public behaviour.
This weekend investigators were looking into allegations made by Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was charged with heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.
The 27-year-old former child star first alleged during her arraignment on Friday that police illegally entered her apartment after being called to her building.
But at that time she was more concerned with her appearance, saying that after seeing her mugshot which shows her with a super short hair cut, she realised she was in dire need for another nose job.
I only smoke tobacco I don’t drink or do drugs. I’ve never had a bong in my life! I need to get another nose job after seeing my mugshot! 😀
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) May 24, 2013
But in a Twitter message from the troubled actress posted on Saturday, Bynes alleged that her arresting officer also sexually assaulted her.
Don’t believe the reports about me being arrested. It’s all lies. I was sexually harassed by one of the cops the… twitpl.us/t/FdV
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) May 25, 2013
“As it would with any such allegation, regardless of its credibility, IAB is investigating it,” said the NYPD’s chief spokesman, Paul Browne, referring to the internal affairs bureau.
In court on Friday, the former Hairspray star made no mention of the sexual assault allegations, though she did complain of illegal entry to her apartment.
She’s been charged with reckless endangerment, attempted tampering with evidence and unlawful possession of marijuana.
A law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of an ongoing investigation said the building manager was with officers at Bynes’ apartment when they arrived Thursday night.
The official said officers were kept waiting approximately five minutes before she opened the door to them. The same official said the building manager told internal affair investigators nothing untoward happened.
Bynes was released by Chief New York County Judge Neil Ross on her own recognisance because, Ross said, he did not believe her to be a flight risk.
But in releasing her, Ross also issued a stern warning to Bynes, telling her not to get rearrested or miss any court dates. She’s due back in court on July 9.
She also hit out on celebrity site E!Online, tweeting “E isn’t run by beauty queens like me! I’ve met you all! You’re a bunch of drug users and alcoholics! I don’t drink or do drugs! Get your story straight!”
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“@eonline: Amanda Bynes: Two Truths and (Probably) a Lie eonli.ne/1aiOYrO” this is all false! Nothing… twitpl.us/t/ohV
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) May 26, 2013
While being at it, she also hit out at Rihanna: Bynes tweeted — and quickly deleted — “@rihanna Chris Brown beat you because you’re not pretty enough.”
Bynes rose to fame starring in Nickelodeon’s All That and has also starred in several films, including 2010’s Easy A. But she has been in the news more recently because of several scrapes with the law and bizarre public behaviour.
Bynes was arrested on Thursday night after building officials called police to complain she was rolling a joint and smoking pot in the lobby. The officers went to her apartment where they saw heavy smoke and a bong sitting on the kitchen counter. They said she tossed the bong out the window in front of them, prosecutors said
