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Opera star David Daniels, husband arrested on sexual assault
charge
DIR By: Ghosttruck
Date: January 31, 2019, 1:38 pm
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> A renowned opera singer and prominent University of Michigan
professor were in police custody Thursday after allegations he
and his spouse sexually assaulted a singer in Texas in 2010.
>
> Countertenor David Daniels and his husband, William A. Scott
Walters, were arrested Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich., on warrants
from the Lone Star state charging each of them with sexual
assault of an adult.
>
> Samuel Schultz told the Associated Press the couple assaulted
him when he was 23 years old, living in Houston and attending
Rice University. Schultz said he met Daniels and Walters at a
Houston Grand Opera reception in 2010 when he was invited back
to their apartment. While at the apartment, he alleged that he
was given a drink that led him to slip in and out of
consciousness. He filed a criminal complaint with Houston police
in July.
>
> "This is about seeking stalled justice and helping other
victims of sexual violence be aware that fear doesn't need to
keep them in silence," Schultz said. "I had many reasons to be
very fearful of coming forward as a student and in the years
after being a graduate student ... but I realized that by
letting go of that fear I'm getting my life back."
>
> Matt Hennessy, a Houston-based lawyer representing Daniels and
Walters, said the two “are innocent of any wrongdoing.”
>
> "David and Scott are innocent of any wrongdoing,” Hennessy
told NPR in a statement. “Sam Schultz is not a victim. He never
would have gotten this much attention from his singing, and he
knows and resents that fact. He waited eight years to complain
about adult, consensual sex to ride the MeToo movement to
unearned celebrity. We will fight this."
>
> The San Francisco Opera announced in November that it had
removed Daniels from a production later this year of Handel’s
“Orlando” due to a separate sexual assault allegation made in a
lawsuit by a University of Michigan student. The lawsuit filed
in a Michigan federal court alleges Daniels groped the male
student, sent and requested sexual photos. The lawsuit also
alleges that Daniels served the student alcohol, gave him sleep
medication and touched him sexually.
>
> Daniels said in a statement at the time that the accusations
were "both false and malicious" and denied any physical
relationship with the student.
>
> M Live reported Daniels was granted tenure at the college in
May 2018. The school told NPR in a statement that it was closely
monitoring the situation.
>
> "Professor Daniels has been on leave, and off campus, since
August 2018. We will continue to closely monitor the situation
as we determine the appropriate next steps,” the school said.
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#Post#: 946--------------------------------------------------
Re: Opera star David Daniels, husband arrested on sexual assault
charge
DIR By: Disgruntled potato
Date: January 31, 2019, 2:39 pm
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Did they coordinate their outfits on purpose or did the jail
hand out orange shirts and jean jackets 🤔
#Post#: 985--------------------------------------------------
Re: Opera star David Daniels, husband arrested on sexual assault
charge
DIR By: FellOffThePorch
Date: January 31, 2019, 8:38 pm
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I wonder if they gave them Hennessy to drink?
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