On December 19th, the High Court in Edinburgh, Scotland, sentenced former Brad Pitt shadowy Luke Ford to 16 years in prison.
Ford was found guilty of 19 counts of assault, sexual assault, intimidation and abuse of women. According to Crown Office & Prosecution Fiscal Service (COPFS). He was convicted of seven counts of rape, one of which involved an act called “stealth.” Stealthing refers to refusing to use a condom without your partner’s knowledge or consent, which constitutes rape. According to COPFS, Mr Ford is the first person in Scottish history to be charged with stealth.
Ford spoke about being a shadow player for Pitt while he was filming World War Z in Glasgow. According to BBC.
VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 1: Brad Pitt attends the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by JB Lacroix/FilmMagic) Getty Images
According to COPFS, Ford targeted a total of nine female victims over a 12-year period from 2008 to 2020.
He was found guilty of intentionally having unprotected sex with the victim, who only consented to sex using a condom. The woman said she had provided the man with a condom before the sex act and assumed he had used it. Ford then said that was not the case and continued to tell her to use the morning-after pill or to abort the pregnancy if she became pregnant, according to COPFS.
The woman said she was traumatized by the incident and called Ford’s actions a “violation.”
According to COPFS, several victims described Ford’s behavior as controlling and abusive and said they feared for their safety.
“I honestly believe he is a serial criminal and a master manipulator. There are many other victims,” one victim said on condition of anonymity. said STV News. “He really thought he was going to be the next Brad Pitt. I think there were multiple stuntmen, but the way he spun, he was the one and only Brad Pitt stuntman. It looked like.”
“But he became obsessed with that moment and then he modeled his hair after Brad Pitt. I think he was pretty obsessed with Pitt,” she added.
“Luke Ford is a serial offender who does not respect the consent of his victims,” Katrina Parkes, prosecutor for sex crimes at the High Court of Scotland, said in a statement, according to COPFS.
“He was prepared to use manipulation, violence, or intimidation to carry out the abuse. He ignored the importance of consent between partners,” she continued. (Related: Police launch sexual assault investigation into Malcolm Barrett: Report)
According to COPFS, the court sentenced Ford to 21 years in prison, with an extended period of 16 years. He was also banned from contacting or attempting to contact his victims and his name was permanently placed on the sex offenders’ register.
