Anthony Broadwater had spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of the crime in 1982, based largely on Sebold’s identification of him as her rapist on the witness stand, and on microscopic hair analysis by an expert tying him to the crime.
Tim Mucciante, who has a production company called Red Badge Films, signed on as executive producer of the adaptation, to feature You star Victoria Pedretti.
Now Variety has reported that the film adaptation has been dropped, and that Pedretti is no longer involved with the project.
Later, Sebold writes of how she saw a Black man in the street and was convinced he was her attacker.
The memoir records how after he is arrested, Sebold fails to identify him in a police identity parade, but he is nonetheless tried and convicted.