Fan Casting American Crime Story: The People vs Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Actor Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was charged with murder for the death of 26 year old actress Virginia Rappe in 1921 from peritonitis. Some believed he squashed her to death with his weight while raping her at the 3-day rager. Others believe he raped her with a foreign object, causing the peritonitis. After going through three trials and making headlines of the newspapers every day, Arbuckle was finally found not guilty. https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/fatty-arbuckle-trials-1921-22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle