Gary Busey

The 78-year-old actor faces two counts of criminal sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault and one count of harassment.

Busey is best known for playing musician Buddy Holly in the 1978 film The Buddy Holly Story, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best lead actor. 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel outside Philadelphia. [tweet](https://twitter.com/CherryHillPD/status/1561052709050060800). He has also appeared in the 1974 remake of A Star is Born, as well as Silver Bullet (1985) and Lethal Weapon (1987). [confirmed ](https://twitter.com/CherryHillPD/status/1561052709050060800)Saturday. [Philadelphia Inquirer](https://www.inquirer.com/news/gary-busey-sex-offense-cherry-hill-monster-mania-20220820.html) reported.

Police in New Jersey said they received "multiple complaints" about the actor's alleged conduct at the horror movie fan convention.

Cherry Hill Police responded to the hotel during the event for a "report of a sex offense," the department [said](https://twitter.com/CherryHillPD/status/1561052800162873347) in a press release. “We were smoking cigarettes outside, and Busey was standing next to me,” the victim told the Daily Beast. [featured guest](https://www.conventionscene.com/2022/04/11/monster-mania-con-welcomes-gary-busey/) at the horror movie fan convention held at the Doubletree Hotel in Cherry Hill from Aug. “Most of what they are allegedly saying happened to a lot of females, and because it’s Gary Busey I think some people were just laughing it off, but then he picked the wrong person, is what it came down to.” A Doubletree Hotel employee, who declined to be identified, told BuzzFeed News Saturday that a victim, who he estimated was in her mid-twenties, approached him on the night of Aug. Police said they expect more people to come forward now that the charges have been made public.

Actor Gary Busey is facing sex offense charges that allegedly occurred during the annual Monster Mania Convention hosted at the Doubletree Hotel in Cherry ...

Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report." Cherry Hill Police responded to the hotel for the report of a sex offense. A law firm representing Monster Mania told CNN in a statement on Saturday evening, "Our client, Monster-Mania LLC, is assisting authorities in their investigation into an alleged incident involving attendees and a celebrity guest at its convention in Cherry Hill, New Jersey last weekend.

Actor Gary Busey has faces several sex offense charges after being accused of misconduct at a fan convention in New Jersey, police say.

14, officers responded to a "report of a sex offense" at the venue and that on Aug. The press release said that during the weekend of Aug. 20 press release that Busey faces "sexual offense charges stemming from incidents" that allegedly occurred at the annual Monster-Mania Con hosted by the Doubletree Hotel.

The actor was hit with four charges Friday by the Cherry Hill Police Department -- two counts of criminal sexual contact, one count of criminal attempt/criminal ...

TMZ has also reached out to Cherry Hill PD for more info on what this is all about -- but they haven't responded yet. We've reached out to Gary's reps ... and it doesn't sound like he was arrested there on the spot last week. Cops say this stems from a report of a sex offense during the weekend of August 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel. Unclear if Busey is still in town or not, or what the process will look like to have to answer for these charges in Jersey if he has, in fact, left the state. They describe more than one incident that people reported during the Monster Mania Convention -- for which he was booked to appear -- but the details of any alleged acts are unclear at this point.

Among the charges that Busey is now looking at are two counts of criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree. The actor was booked amid an investigation that's ...

In recent years, [Busey has starred in the Sharknado franchise](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Sharknado-4-Adds-Gary-Busey-More-123687.html) and [was also a member of the Piranha 3DD cast](https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Gary-Busey-Added-Cast-Piranha-3DD-24405.html). And just last year he appeared on the final season of Showtime’s long-running drama series, Shameless (a show streamable with a [Netflix subscription](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/netflix-subscription-the-plans-the-price-and-whats-included)). After it was all said and done, the actor managed to have $57,303.63 worth of debt wiped off his tab of $500,000. The police department is asking that anyone with further information on what occurred reach out to local authorities. Among the charges that Busey is now looking at are two counts of criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree. The Predator 2 star is currently facing four charges in total.

Gary Busey faces sexual offense charges tied to his conduct at the Monster-Mania Convention in New Jersey, the Cherry Hill Police Department said.

Busey was nominated for best actor for “The Buddy Holly Story” in 1978. The actor, known for his roles in films such as the drama “The Buddy Holly Story” and the action movie “Lethal Weapon,” was a guest at the convention that ran from Aug. 12 to Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Cherry Hill, N.J.

The actor, 78, was a featured guest at Monster-Mania Con in Cherry Hill, N.J. He was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact, among other counts, ...

“Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report. The police did not immediately respond to calls and emails on Saturday, and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office referred questions to the police. The police said the investigation was continuing. 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb. Busey, 78, who lives in Malibu, Calif., was scheduled to be a featured guest at the event, which took place from Aug. Mr.