- Granville Adams
Granville Adams is an American actor best known for his role as
Zahir Arif on theHBO television series "Oz". He also had arecurring role on theNBC series "" as Officer Jeff Westby.On
February 4 ,2007 , Adams was arrested and charged withcriminally negligent homicide for the death of one man in anightclub . According to police reports, Adams got into an altercation with Orlando Valle at BED New York, aManhattan nightclub of which Adams was a manager. Adams was accused of pushing Valle against theelevator doors of the sixth floor club causing the doors to become unhinged and Valle to fall down the shaft to his death. [cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/LegalCenter/story?id=2848907&page=1|author=Ferdowsi, Naseem|title='Oz' Actor Charged in Elevator Shaft Death|publisher=ABC News |date=2007-02-04 |accessdate=2007-04-20] 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 inself-defense by throwing Valle off of his back. Adams was released on $5,000bail and faced up to four years in prison. [cite web|url=http://wcbs880.com/pages/217946.php?contentType=4&contentId=312067|author=The Associated Press |title=Actor Arrested in Death at Chelsea Club|publisher=WCBS 880|date=2007-02-05 |accessdate=2007-04-20] BED New York has since closed down due to the incident. [cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/02132007/gossip/pagesix/its_time_to_just_put_it_to_bed_pagesix_.htm|author=Johnson, Richard|title=It's Time to Just Put It to Bed|publisher="New York Post "|date=2007-02-13 |accessdate=2007-04-20] On2007-06-30 , a judge dropped the charges against Adams. [cite web|url=http://www.1010wins.com/pages/632735.php?contentType=4&contentId=652449|title=Actor Cleared in Manhattan Club Elevator Death|publisher=1010 WINS |date=2007-06-30 |accessdate=2007-09-22] Valle's family has filed acivil suit against Adams. [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/nyregion/01elevator.html?ex=1340942400&en=d5b4d803ed619b69&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print|title=Man Cleared in Fatal Fall at Nightclub|publisher="The New York Times "|author=Wilensky-Lanford Ethan|date=2007-07-01 |accessdate=2007-09-22]References
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