Hollywood’s First Scandal: The Tainted Legacy of Fatty Arbuckle

In the current age of seemingly endless gossip and scandals surrounding celebrities, the “gotcha” style of news reporting feels as if it must be a relatively recent advancement in the world of entertainment media. While the level of coverage may be vastly more prominent these days, actors from way back in the silent era of films could still fall prey to the rantings of publication outlets, and the prying eyes of the public who hope to get a front seat to a fascinating fall from grace. Of this, there exists no more prominent of an example than the tragic tale of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, and the trial 100 years before the current Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial.