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Zombie-movie actor bit woman, made her taste his blood, report says

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Eliot Eliot Ryan Rutledge, pictured here in the 2017 short film “Gangsters and Zombies” according to IMDb.com, is accused of assaulting a woman before forcing her to taste his blood. | via IMDb.com

ROME, Ga. — A Georgia man who has acted in zombie movies is accused of beating two women and forcing one of them to taste his blood.

The Rome News-Tribune reports 30-year-old Eliot Ryan Rutledge faces charges including false imprisonment and aggravated assault.

Rutledge allegedly trapped a woman inside his home in Rome, Georgia, in August 2018 and assaulted her by punching, elbowing and poking her. Floyd County Jail documents report the same woman was assaulted at his home between June 2017 and October 2018.

He’s also accused of hurting another woman in January by choking and biting her and forcing his cut hand into her mouth to make her taste his blood.

IMDB.com credits Rutledge with producing and acting in the 2017 short films “Gangsters and Zombies” and “Gangsters and Zombies II.”

Eliot Ryan Rutledge is accused of hurting a woman in January by choking and biting her and forcing his cut hand into her mouth to make her taste his blood. He is listed as an actor, editor and producer in a 2017 zombie film. | Screengrab from IMdb.com

Eliot Ryan Rutledge is accused of hurting a woman in January by choking and biting her and forcing his cut hand into her mouth to make her taste his blood. He is listed as an actor, editor and producer in a 2017 zombie film. | Screengrab from IMdb.com

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