Anderson rape charge dismissed

Rape charges against Barbershop star Anthony Anderson have been dismissed.

Rape charges against Barbershop star Anthony Anderson have been dismissed.

A woman seeking a job as an extra on the set of the actor's movie Hustle And Flow in Memphis, Tennessee, claimed Anderson and director Wayne Witherspoon attacked her in a trailer on the set.

The unnamed plaintiff also alleged she had forced sex with both men over a period of several days before the reported rape took place in July.

But in court yesterday a Tennessee judge said the accuser's testimony did not produce probable cause to let the charges stand and that the woman's testimony was the most "incredulous" he had ever heard.

The two men refused to comment when they left the preliminary hearing.

Anderson still faces another lawsuit in Los Angeles by a woman who claims the actor sexually assaulted her on the set of his cancelled TV series All About The Andersons

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