Actor sacked by BBC has rape charges dropped

A BRITISH actor who was sacked from the BBC adaptation of an Agatha Christie drama after accusations of rape has had all charges against him dropped.

Ed Westwick, 31, vehemently denied the accusations as “provably untrue” when they were made in November.

The BBC, however, decided to remove the Christie drama, Ordeal by Innocence, from its prime spot in the Christmas schedule.

In January it went one step further, announcing that Westwick would be edited out and his scenes reshot, with Christian Cooke playing his role.

Yesterday prosecutors in Los Angeles announced that they had dropped charges against Westwick due to “insufficient evidence”.

Ed Westwick, 31, best known for the US series Gossip Girl, was replaced by the BBC and his scenes were reshot