“Boardwalk Empire” Star Michael Pitt Hospitalized Following Public Outburst
Michael Pitt, star of the crime drama “Boardwalk Empire,” was taken into custody and subsequently hospitalized last week after an incident in New York City.
A video shows a shirtless Pitt strapped to a gurney with EMTs escorting him to a waiting ambulance in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Pitt appears to be in a daze as he looks up at the sky while lying quietly on the stretcher.
Police received a 911 call about Pitt throwing things at people from the rooftop of a building.
Responding officers apprehended Pitt but did not charge him after he was deemed to be an emotionally disturbed person. Pitt was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The actor was arrested in the same location back in July after punching a man multiple times in the head before snatching his phone.
He was charged with assault and petty larceny in the July incident..
The New Jersey-born Pitt, 41, portrayed Jimmy Darmody on the first two seasons of “Boardwalk Empire” and is also known for the series “Dawson’s Creek” and “Hannibal.”