Paramount Pictures worker who barricaded himself inside Hollywood studio detained, police say
A man suspected of sexually assaulting a minor who works at Paramount Pictures was detained after barricading himself inside a building on the studio lot in Hollywood, police say.
“It is unclear whether he is a contractor at the location or is employed by Paramount Pictures,” Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison wrote in an email to USA TODAY.
Paramount did not immediately return USA TODAY’s request for comment.
California’s Fullerton Police Department, which was initially investigating the suspect “for sexual assault of a minor,” is handling the suspect’s arrest and booking, Madison added.
FPD officers were near the Paramount lot attempting to arrest the suspect Sunday around 10 p.m. local time and had requested assistance from the LAPD.
