On this day, Sept. 11, 1921

Silent-film star Fatty Arbuckle was arrested for the rape and murder of an aspiring actress.

Arbuckle, who was at the height of his fame for his work in vaudeville and in the Keystone Cops comedies, was later acquitted by a jury, but the scandal put an end to his career.

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