Home Alone star, Devin Ratray, has been arrested in Oklahoma City following allegations by his girlfriend that he assaulted her. Ratray is best known for portraying Buzz McCallister, the bullying older brother of Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) in the original Home Alone film as well as its 1992 sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. In addition to his childhood fame as Buzz, Ratray has also gone on to star in a variety of films and television productions, including The Tick and the six-time Oscar-nominated 2013 dramedy, Nebraska.

For most Home Alone fans, it’s Kevin who remains the most memorable. His cute and potentially lethal desire to protect his family home at all costs after being left to his own devices over the Christmas holidays resulted in a blockbuster hit for filmmaker Chris Columbus. For what it’s worth, however, Buzz does have some great scenes as well, and this continues in the second film in which Kevin boards the wrong plane and is taken to New York City without his family. As far as annoying older brothers go in the history of cinema, Buzz is undoubtedly ranked somewhere near the top, but few would have expected that the bullying he does in the film would actually rear its head in his real-life behavior.

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As things currently stand, Ratray has cast a dark shadow over the Home Alone franchise this holiday season, with news arriving that he has been involved in a particularly troubling incident involving his girlfriend. According to CTV News, Ratray was arrested after his girlfriend filed a police affidavit that stated the 43-year-old star choked her and said “This is how you die.” At present, Ratray has been released from police custody and his attorney, Scott Adams, has issued a statement that “Mr. Ratray denies he ever laid a hand on her or did anything in regards to anything like that.”

Ratray had been in Oklahoma City to attend a Home Alone event called Buzzed With Buzz, in which the film was screened, followed by a question and answer period. The dispute between him and his girlfriend reportedly occurred in their hotel room before Ratray was arrested and booked on two domestic assault and battery complaints. It’s not the first time a Home Alone alum has been arrested, however. Strangely enough, Culkin was also arrested in Oklahoma City, in 2004 for possession of marijuana, Xanax and Klonopin. Culkin eventually plead guilty and received three suspended prison sentences as well as a fine.

It’s been a particularly disheartening month for cases involving celebrities and sexual assault against women thus far, with former Sex and the City/And Just Like That star Chris Noth being accused of rape and sexual misconduct shortly after the new series’ premiere. At present, it’s unclear how Ratray’s case will play out. It’s clear that the accusations aren’t anything that will endear the public to the actor, despite his past involvement in both Home Alone films – the likes of which are typically regarded as two of the most beloved Christmas films of all time.

Source: CTV News

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Mike Jones is an author, screenwriter, world traveller and cinephile. His work has been featured in print and online in a variety of publications, and he’s also a Berlinale Talents alumnus. Cinema has always moved him in a big way and aside from having seen The Talented Mr Ripley more times than any other living person, he maintains a pretty darn healthy physical media collection. His favourite filmmakers include: Jordan Peele, David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Leigh, Steven Spielberg, the Dardenne Brothers, Noah Baumbach, Michael Haneke, Barry Jenkins and Andrea Arnold. Often jet-lagged, Mike once turned down a certain A-list celebrity’s offer to join them for a night of partying after a strange encounter in an airport.

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