An African-American actress who appeared in Django Unchained says she was accosted by Los Angeles police who mistakenly thought she was a prostitute. Danièle Watts, who portrayed CoCo in Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film and currently plays Martin Lawrence's daughter on FX's new comedy series Partners, wrote on her Facebook page that she and husband Brian James Lucas, who is white, were being affectionate in public when the incident occurred Thursday. Photos From Justin Bieber to Reese Witherspoon, Hollywood's Recent Mugshots “Today I was handcuffed and detained by 2 police officers from the Studio City Police Department after refusing
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- 9/14/2014
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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