Rose McGowan responds to 'horsesh*t' arrest warrant: 'Are they trying to silence me?'
She is wanted for possession of a controlled substance dating back to January
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Your support makes all the difference.Rose McGowan has suggested that an arrest warrant obtained for her over possession of a controlled substance is tied up in her recent efforts to expose Hollywood's sexual assault problem.
"Are they trying to silence me?" she tweeted. "There is a warrant out for my arrest in Virginia. What a load of HORSESHIT."
She later retweeted an activist who wrote: "If @rosemcgowan would have taken that million dollars in hush money I'm quite sure this wouldn't even be a headline..." in relation to the story, adding: "FACT" herself.
The arrest warrant stems from a police investigation of personal belongings left behind on a United flight arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport on 20 January.
Police say the items tested positive for narcotics. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department obtained the warrant on 1 February.
McGowan has apparently been contacted by authorities so she can appear in a Virginia court, with the warrant being entered into a national law enforcement database.
The actor-director has been one of the leading voices against sexual harassment in Hollywood in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, helping kick-start the allegations against Weinstein and going on to lend her support to those trying to bring to justice other industry figures including, most recently, Kevin Spacey.
Additional reporting by AP.
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