Los Angeles June 20 (IANS) Actor-director Scott Baio will not be charged with sexual assault after his former "Charles in Charge" co-star Nicole Eggert accused him in January of molesting her for years.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office declined to press charges against the 57-year-old.
"The applicable statute of limitations to the crimes alleged by the victim have expired. Thus the case is declined " the District Attorney cited in a charge evaluation sheet obtained by people.com
Eggert tweeted: "Wait for it... Dismissed on Statutes of Limitation... Never because of lack of evidence. Case closed molester Scott Baio."
"Dismissed due to Statute of Limitation = Gu(i)lty. Period " Eggert added.
Baio has repeatedly denied her claims calling them "100 (per cent) lies."
"Why would I have a concern over something I didn t do?" he said on "Good Morning America".
"Rather than take your case to social media where people tend to beat up people like me why not do it through the proper channels? You put up allegations like that and it becomes like wildfire " he added.
Baio said they were never alone together on the set.
"I don t know if you ve ever been on a sitcom set but on any given day - on every day especially Charles in Charge which was like a picnic every day it was one of my favourite jobs I ve ever done - there s teachers parents family crew producers my dad. So how any of this could have happened is absolutely impossible " he said.
Eggert 46 alleged on Twitter in late January that Baio had molested her from the age of 14 to 17. Generally in California prosecution of a sexual assault offence has to begin within 10 years of the alleged incident.

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