Английская Википедия:Granville Adams

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox biography Granville Adams (October 8, 1963[1] – October 10, 2021) was an American actor best known for his role as Zahir Arif on the HBO television series Oz. He also had a recurring role on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street as Officer Jeff Westby.

Arrest

On February 4, 2007, Adams was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide for the death of a man in a nightclub. According to police reports, Adams got into an altercation with Orlando Valle at BED New York, a Manhattan nightclub of which Adams was a manager. He was accused of pushing Valle against the elevator doors of the sixth floor club, causing the doors to become unhinged and Valle to fall down the shaft to his death.[2] According to Adams' attorneys, Adams was trying to break up an altercation between a patron and an employee when Valle attacked Adams from behind and Adams acted in self-defense by throwing Valle off of his back. Adams was released on $5,000 bail and faced up to four years in prison.[3] On June 30, 2007, a judge dropped the charges against Adams.[4] Valle's family filed a civil suit against Adams.[5]

Death

On October 10, 2021, Adams died of cancer at age 58.[6]

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