The brother of actress Reese Witherspoon (Sweet Home Alabama) was arrested in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday on charges of aggravated burglary and sexual battery.
John Draper Witherspoon, 29, allegedly entered the apartment of his new neighbor, an unnamed woman, and found her sleeping on her living room sofa.
The young woman told Nashville’s WKRN-TV News, “I woke up with him kissing my face and my neck, and I was wearing overalls at the time, and he unlatched one side of the overalls, had his hand down my underwear and was trying to get my pants off when I woke up.”
Witherspoon was brought into court early Saturday morning and showed little emotion as he was being charged, the station reports. His bail was set at $24,000.
The New York Post reports Witherspoon was also arrested last week on a prior charge of reckless driving under the influence of alcohol.
The newspaper tried to reach sister Reese for a statement concerning her brother but her publicist responded with a terse “no comment.”
