Daniele Watts, ‘Django Unchained’ Actress, Ordered To Apologize To LAPD Cops

Daniele Watts, the Django Unchained actress, has been ordered to apologize as part of a plea deal to the LAPD cops that detained her and her boyfriend Brian James Lucas last year.

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, the LAPD was called to an area near CBS studios where witnesses claim the couple was having sex in their vehicle. When the officers arrived at the scene, they questioned Watts and Lucas about their lewd behavior. Watts immediately became belligerent and started accusing the officers of racial profiling because she was kissing her white boyfriend. Because she refused to provide identification to the police, she was briefly handcuffed and detained.

“I know my rights … I played a cop on TV, and I know when somebody asks for your ID, you’re not required to give it,” Watts told the officers.

“Actually that’s wrong, that’s not right,” one cop replied, according to the New York Daily News. “I’m being very calm. I’m not being an a— to you.”

“You’re not the one who’s in handcuffs,” Watts responded. “You’re not the one who’s spent your life being called a N—– and growing up in the south, and now I get the cops called on me.”

“I’m an actress at this studio, do you understand that?” Daniele said.

“I don’t know that. I’ll find that out, but let me…” the officer said before being cut off.

“I’m on a major sitcom right now, and I’m still getting put in handcuffs because I’m making out with my boyfriend in a public space,” Watts said through tears.

After the incident, the couple took to Facebook to defend themselves, saying that she was placed in handcuffs because the cops didn’t believe in their interracial relationship.

On Monday, May 4, Watts and Lucas pleaded no contest to the charges and agreed to write an apology letter to the officers. As part of their plea deal, the lewd conduct charges were dropped. They were also ordered to 40 hours of community service. If they oblige by the orders, the case will be dropped and will not appear in public records.

“There was no admission to lewd conduct. We’re still saying there was no sex, but they’re apologizing for the ruckus. They’re sorry it got out of hand,” lawyer Lou Shapiro told the New York Daily News.

“They do this type of work anyway,” Shapiro said of the community service. “In about three months, we plan on getting the charges dismissed. They will have no conviction on any charges in the end.”

[Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images]