Babe Star James Cromwell Arrested For Yelling At People About Cat Torture

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By Mack Rawden
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Academy Award nominated actor James Cromwell has long been known for his outspoken opinions on animal rights, but this morning, the Babe and LA Confidential star took his protests to a whole new level when he was voluntarily arrested inside a board meeting at the University of Wisconsin. The actor and a spokesman for PETA named Jeremy Beckham were on campus to try and draw attention to a group of thirty cats they claim are being starved for medical research, and thanks to the involvement of the police, they certainly seem to have done that.

The incident in question occurred this morning during a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting. Everything was progressing smoothly when Cromwell and Beckham suddenly burst in holding signs depicting a cat with metal implanted in its head. They shouted about cruelty for a bit and were pretty quickly hauled out by security.

According to TMZ, PETA has long claimed the University of Wisconsin’s Madison lab intentionally starves, deafens and later decapitates cats in order to perform hearing-related research. Recently, the USDA investigated the allegations, but they cleared the University of any wrongdoing. Obviously, that didn’t sit well with PETA whose members are still convinced shady, unethical things are going on behind closed doors.

Given no one was injured and the board meeting simply picked up after the men were taken out, it’s unlikely either Cromwell or Beckham will be looking at any kind of serious punishment, but we’ll let you know if anything more than a slap on the wrist happens.

Mack Rawden
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Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.