![]() The Hollywood Reporter January 27, 2018 Nicole Eggert claims Scott Baio molested her as a minor /vfbeCHqo8z So far, at least one Charles in Charge star and one guest star have backed Nicole Eggert’s story.Īlexander Polinsky, who played Eggert’s character’s brother, Adam Powell, on Charles in Charge, told Megyn Kelly he witnessed “inappropriate cuddling” between Scott Baio and Nicole Eggert on set. “Everybody knew the attention he gave me,” Nicole said. Nicole Eggert also revealed that her Charles in Charge co-stars witnessed Scott Baio’s inappropriate behavior toward her. “There was a lot of groping, a lot of fondling, a lot of pulling me on his lap, trying to sneak kisses on the back,” Nicole told Megyn Kelly. One of the most shocking details in Nicole Eggert’s interview was the allegation that Baio was openly affectionate with her on the set of Charles in Charge. Nicole alleged that Scott told her she couldn’t tell anybody about what happened between them because it was illegal and would ruin Charles in Charge and they would all be out of a job. Eggert also revealed that Scott molested her as they sat in his car when she was 14-years-old. In an interview with Megyn Kelly Today, Nicole Eggert alleged that Baio “groomed” her by earning her trust and professing his love for her. The Hollywood Reporter posted a video of Nicole Eggert’s first TV interview about her allegations against Scott Baio. Scott Baio starred with Nicole Eggert on the TV sitcom from 1987 to 1990, when she was a teen and he was in his late 20s. Baio has been accused of sexually molesting his Charles in Charge co-star Nicole Eggert when she was just 14 years old, but the actor has vehemently denied the allegations. Several months later, Alexander Polinsky (who played Adam Powell) accused Baio of engaging in verbal abuse and of physically assaulting him on the set of Charles in Charge.Scott Baio is fighting some serious sexual abuse allegations, and his TV co-stars don’t seem to have his back. She claimed that inappropriate relations started when she was 14 and that when she was 17, she had intercourse with Baio.īaio denied the allegations, contending that he had sexual relations with Eggert only once and that the encounter occurred after she had turned 18. ![]() ![]() In January 2018, sexual misconduct allegations were made by Nicole Eggert (who played Jamie Powell) against Baio. John Travolta’s sister Ellen joined the new cast as Charles’ mother Lillian, an on-screen relationship they had previously explored in Joanie Loves Chachi. Luckily, they too needed a houseboy, and Charles moved back in, carrying on much as before. In these, Charles returned from vacation to find that the Pembrokes had moved to Seattle and sub-let their house to the Powell family. The comedy arose from Charles’ attempts at raising the Pembroke’s three mischievous children, 14-year-old Lila (April Lerman), 12-year-old Douglas (Jonathan Ward) and 10-year-old Jason (Michael Perlman).Ĭharles had a girlfriend, fellow college student Gwendolyn (Jennifer Runyon), and a best buddy named, appropriately, Buddy (Willie Aames).ĬBS dropped the show after just one season but new episodes, utilising a slightly different format, were made for first-run syndication. An archetypal 1980s sitcom starring teen heartthrob Scott Baio as 19-year-old Charles (no last name), an impoverished student at Copeland College who gets a job as a live-in ‘nanny’ for the Pembroke’s and their three kids.īaio had made a name for himself playing Fonzie’s younger cousin in Happy Daysand its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi.įollowing the demise of those series, American TV bosses still considered the actor a ‘hot’ item, and his ‘hunk’ status led to this purpose-built series.
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