Famed opera star David Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, were arrested Tuesday on sexual-assault charges, according to a Wednesday report from The New York Daily News. The pair were arrested separately, and could be extradited to Texas to stand trial over the charges. Daniels and Walters were accused this August by an up-and-coming singer, who claims that the duo drugged him and raped him after they invited the then 23-year-old back to their apartment in 2010. “I was sore and I didn’t know why. I made my way to the bathroom to figure out why I hurt,” Samuel Schultz said in the police report cited by the News. “I was bleeding from the rectum. I became numb. I was paralyzed with fear. What had happened? How could I escape? How would I get out? Where were my clothes?”
Daniel and Walters continue to deny the allegations. Their lawyer told the News that “David and Scott are innocent of any wrongdoing. Sam Schultz is not a victim. He never would have gotten this much attention from his singing, and he knows and resents that fact.” The lawyer added that “He waited eight years to complain about adult, consensual sex to ride the MeToo movement to unearned celebrity. We will fight this.”
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