Scott Baio says multiple lie-detector tests prove he is telling the truth about not assaulting Nicole Eggert, his costar on the 1980s sitcom "Charles in Charge."
"I have taken five separate polygraph tests given by two highly renowned examiners" regarding Eggert's specific claims of sexual misconduct, he said Thursday at a news conference in Woodland Hills, which was also broadcast on Facebook Live.
The same questions were asked in each of the tests, he said.
The presentation echoed complaints Baio made against Eggert in a recently filed police report, which the Blast reported Wednesday.
The actor, 57, told Los Angeles police that Eggert, 46, had been harassing him and his family, the site said. The investigation was immediately moved to the Los Angeles Police Department's Threat Management Unit, which interviewed the Baios.
"Are they aware I am ready to release the police file tomorrow right after their lame FB rant?" Eggert tweeted Wednesday in response to a heads-up announcement about the presser.
She called Baio spokesman Brian Glicklich "the person hired to harass me." Two days earlier, she'd obtained a temporary restraining order against the How Handy Is That president, who is Baio's spokesperson.
Though Glicklich must stay 100 yards away from Eggert, her request that he not talk about her claims online was denied.
Glicklich said Friday that at the upcoming hearing on whether to make the restraining order permanent, he intends to counter Eggert's claims with her harassment of him, which he said includes invoking the hacktivist group Anonymous and publishing his personal home information online. He plans later to pursue an anti-SLAPP motion against her, he said.
"I went to the police because I want this to end. It's over. Evidence this high," Baio said to a reporter at Thursday's press conference, gesturing with his hands about 18 inches apart. "Five polygraphs. It's over."
The actor said he had turned over tweets and electronic correspondence targeting himself, his wife and his son.
However, he said he didn't want his allegation that his accuser is lying "to be interpreted as an indictment of anyone except Nicole Eggert and her co-conspirators."
The "Baywatch" actress filed a police report in February alleging Baio had sexually assaulted her multiple times in the late 1980s when she was under 18 and the two were working on "Charles in Charge." In June, L.A. County prosecutors declined to file charges because the statute of limitations had run out on the alleged offenses.
The district attorney's office said the merits of the allegations were not assessed. Baio has said he had a consensual relationship with Eggert after she had turned 18. "Charles in Charge" aired from 1984 to 1990.
One thing is clear: Baio has no interest in talking this out with his accuser.
"No. No," he told another reporter at the news conference. "There's no coming back from what she did. No. ... You say anything you want about me. You can't come after my wife and my kid. You can't do that."
