The new season of American Crime begins Wednesday night with a fresh plot but some of last season’s same stars in new roles. These include Felicity Huffman, Regina King (who won an Emmy for the first season), and Timothy Hutton.
This time around, the anthology series begins with a voice: “I’d like to report a rape.” What follows is a grim tale centered around the sexual assault of a high school student during a party held by members of the school’s basketball team.
The young man who was assaulted, Taylor (Connor Jessup), becomes a victim twice-over when pictures of him, looking drugged and disheveled, are distributed on social media throughout the student body of his school, the posh Leyland Academy.
His mother, played by Lili Taylor, reports the crime to the police, which sets off another round of humiliation for the boy, since the police officer assigned to investigate the case could not be less sympathetic to the student — indeed, he’s skeptical about whether an investigation should proceed.
But the rapidly-growing scandal takes on a life of its own anyway, and those caught up in it include Leyland’s steely headmaster, played by Huffman, the basketball team coach, played by Hutton, and the parents of one of the team’s co-captains, played by King and Andre Benjamin.
This time around, the anthology series begins with a voice: “I’d like to report a rape.” What follows is a grim tale centered around the sexual assault of a high school student during a party held by members of the school’s basketball team.
The young man who was assaulted, Taylor (Connor Jessup), becomes a victim twice-over when pictures of him, looking drugged and disheveled, are distributed on social media throughout the student body of his school, the posh Leyland Academy.
His mother, played by Lili Taylor, reports the crime to the police, which sets off another round of humiliation for the boy, since the police officer assigned to investigate the case could not be less sympathetic to the student — indeed, he’s skeptical about whether an investigation should proceed.
But the rapidly-growing scandal takes on a life of its own anyway, and those caught up in it include Leyland’s steely headmaster, played by Huffman, the basketball team coach, played by Hutton, and the parents of one of the team’s co-captains, played by King and Andre Benjamin.
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