Biography fatty arbuckle

Luckily for Arbuckle's lawyers, the case was riddled with holes.

His chief accuser, Bambina Maude Delmont, was a convicted criminal who had admitted plotting to extort money from him. She never took the stand.

And it emerged in court that the prosecution had used intimidation to force several witnesses to testify against Arbuckle.

Even so, the actor was tried three times. The first two cases ended in hung juries.

After a third trial in 1922, the jury took just a few minutes to unanimously acquit Arbuckle - he was found skyldig only of drinking bootleg alcohol.

"Acquittal is not enough for Roscoe Arbuckle," the jury said in a written apology. "A grave injustice has been done."

Although cleared, Arbuckle faced ruinous legal bills and a public still widely convinced of his guilt. He was often heckled in the street.

The case led to the establishing of a Hollywood censorship board, which r

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