A horror movie convention promoter said it is assisting police after actor Gary Busey was charged over alleged sexual offenses at one its events in New Jersey earlier this month.
Busey, 78, faces sex crime and harassment charges related to an incident during the Monster-Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Cherry Hill on August 12-14.
“Immediately upon receiving a complaint from the attendees, the celebrity guest was removed from the convention and instructed not to return,” Monster-Mania Convention said in a Facebook post soon after the charges were announced. “Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report.”
The promoter said it would not condone any behavior that compromised the safety and wellbeing of its attendees and promised to continue to assist the authorities in any and every way possible.
No details about the alleged complaints have been released by cops, but Cherry Hill Police Lt. Robert Scheunemann said, “It relates to contact. It’s about touching.”
Police also didn’t give any inclination as to when the offenses occurred.
Busey, who was a featured guest at the event, was pictured posing with fans on Aug. 12, the first day of the convention, photos posted on social media show.
The charges against the Oscar-nominated actor, who lives in Malibu, California, were only announced Saturday.
He was hit with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment.
It is not clear if Busey is scheduled to appear in court in New Jersey over the charges.
Soon after the charges were made to the public, Busey was spotted sitting on a bench with his pants down to his knees in the middle of a Malibu park.
Busey is widely known as a character actor, largely in supporting roles, but he came to attention and was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor for playing the title role in the 1978 film “The Buddy Holly Story.”
He suffered brain damage after a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 1988.
