FATTY ARBUCKLE MURDER TRIAL – HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST SCANDAL THAT DESTROYED A COMEDY LEGEND | The 1921 trial that shocked America — how silent film icon Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle went from Hollywood royalty to ruin in one of history’s most infamous injustices. Long before today’s celebrity scandals, Hollywood faced its first great fall from grace — the Fatty Arbuckle murder trial. In 1921, beloved comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, one of the silent era’s biggest stars, was accused of raping and killing