Game of Thrones actor Joseph Gatt sues woke Los Angeles DA George Gascon for 'ruining his career' by revealing obsessed 16-year-old super fan's lies that he sexually abused her

Game of Thrones actor Joseph Gatt has taken legal action against the Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, a former prosecutor and an LAPD detective.  

Gatt alleges that Gascon and the detective failed to investigate properly a teenager's claims of being sexually harassed by Gatt before publicly announcing the felony charges against him.

The case was quietly dismissed two years later following a forensic examination that proved the evidence had been made up and that Gatt was innocent.

In the action filed in U.S. District Court, Gatt stated that his acting career has been virtually destroyed by the careless charges that he had exchanged explicit communications to a juvenile girl in another state. 

'This lawsuit arises from the shocking and intentional destruction of Joseph Gatt's acting career and personal reputation by Los Angeles County law enforcement personnel that resulted from a thoroughly botched criminal investigation, entirely lacking any probable cause,' the complaint states. 

Joseph Gatt appeared at court hand-in-hand with girlfriend Mercy Malick who stood by him throughout his two-year ordeal

Gatt, 52, played Thenn Warg on the hugely popular HBO series Game Of Thrones

Gatt told DailyMail.com his career has been ruined by the accusations against him. 'My agent fired me the next day without even speaking to me,' he said

The charges against Gatt were dismissed on February 9, according to court records.

'It was determined that there were valid concerns regarding the sufficiency of the evidence,' said a spokesperson for the LA County District Attorney's Office. 'The charge was dismissed by the assigned prosecutor.' 

Gatt has chosen Dean Pamphilis to be his legal representation. Pamphilis recently secured a $5 million settlement on behalf of an owner of an electoral software company accused of conspiracy and embezzlement in an alleged scheme involving China to influence with elections.

According to that lawsuit, the matter was dismissed after it became clear there was no proof of breaking the law and that the accusations were based on conspiracy theories promoted by people who were skeptical of the results of the 2020 presidential election. 

'The arrest and charges against Mr. Gatt — for which he was branded by the Los Angeles DA and LAPD as a serial pedophile — were based on fabricated evidence,' Pamphilis said.

The actor was accused of having sexually explicit chats with a 16-year-old girl over state lines, according to a press release issued by the LAPD in 2022. The release requested that any other possible victims get in touch with the police.

In Gatt's lawsuit, he claimed that digital device's forensic testing was delayed until long after the arrest and news release, and that it became evident that someone — possibly the adolescent girl at the core of the allegations — had created the incriminating screenshots.

'Twenty months later, when the fabricated evidence was finally disclosed to Mr. Gatt and Mr. Gatt's forensic expert were prepared to expose the truth in open court, the Los Angeles DA voluntarily dismissed the criminal complaint,' Pamphilis said.

'Mr. Gatt, however, had already lost his community, his acting career and his personal reputation,' he said. 'We look forward to recovering Mr. Gatt's enormous losses in court.'

Gatt has chosen Dean Pamphillis (pictured) to be his legal representation

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Gatt detailed the events and the allegations leading up to his decision to take legal action.

'This has been a horrific experience for almost two years – it ruined my life,' said the 52-year-old who played Thenn Warg on the hit HBO show Game of Thrones. 

'My agent fired me the next day without even speaking to me,' said British actor Gatt, who has lived in the U.S. for more than two decades.

'I was fired from the Rebel Moon movie that I had already started work on. Offers stopped coming in. After 35 years, my career was ruined.

'People hear an allegation and say, "Oh, he must be guilty." There is not even any discussion. Innocent till proven guilty does not exist any more.'

Charges against Gatt were dismissed by LA Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar after it was revealed that forensic technologist Jeff Fischbach could show that the girl – 'LT' –had made up the story of abuse.

After the hearing, Gatt told DailyMail.com that his nightmare was sparked innocently two years ago when a relative of 'LT' – whom Gatt didn't know – paid to have the actor record a video birthday greeting for her via Cameo, a company that sells personalized greetings from celebrities.

What he didn't know at the time, he said, was that 'this girl was already obsessed with my character on Z Nation' – a TV show that ran from 2014 to 2018 in which he played 'The Man.'

'She was already sharing pictures and texts about me with her friends, completely unbeknown to me,' Gatt said. 'She would say in texts supposedly to me, "I want you to be my daddy."'

Gatt and Malick discussed their case outside court with attorney Dana Cole (left) and forensic technologist Jeff Fischbach 

Mercy Malick, 51, was with Gatt at previous court hearings including one in December

'A SWAT team turned up at 4:30 in the morning with guns, dragged us out of bed, and searched the house,' GoT actor Gatt said

Malick accused the LA DA of malicious prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct. The pair are pictured with two huskies

'She even had nude pictures of me on her phone from the TV show Banshee,' a series that ran from 2013-2016.

'And she was telling her friends and sharing fake Instagrams and Snapchat conversations with me, some of them very sexual, which she totally made up.

'We have absolute proof that she manufactured all this stuff about me. And we've never heard from the supposed victim.'

A relative of 'LT' – concerned about the postings and photos the teenager claimed were from Gatt – contacted LA police.

Judge M.L. Villar tossed the case against Gatt after the prosecutor agreed it should not go ahead 

In April 2022, at the LA home he shares with his girlfriend, actress and writer Mercy Malick, 51, 'a SWAT team turned up at 4:30 in the morning with guns, dragged us out of bed, and searched the house', he said.

'They searched my computer and my phone but they found nothing on them. They illegally seized my AR15 gun which is licensed and completely legal.

'The police were relying completely on this girl's accusations about me which were all made up. But the DA won't admit that these supposed internet conversations were all manufactured.'

Gatt felt at the time that he had been robbed of 'the chance to completely exonerate myself' because of the decision to dismiss the case without prejudice.

'I'm a little disappointed because I'm innocent and I want to be able to tell the world that and rebuild my life.

'Yet I still have to worry that one day they could come back and arrest me again for something I never did, that was totally made up.'

Gatt played 'The Albiino' on five episodes of Banshee. A nude picture of him on the show appeared on 'LT's phone, sparking the police investigation into him

Gatt also appeared in  2014 in CW's post-apocalyptic series The 100

'Some people will still say, 'He got off but he still did it.'

'If it had been dismissed with prejudice it would have mean the DA couldn't re-file the charge against me and I could share with the world the 7,000 pages of documents we have that prove I'm innocent.

'But the DA doesn't want us to do that because they know it would be very embarrassing publicly for them and make them have to admit that they did not do a good job and should never have brought this case in the first place.

'With the dismissal without prejudice, they get to hold it over my head, like a threat that they could bring the case again so I shouldn't share all this material I have that shows the evidence against me was manufactured. The DA is trying to prevent us from releasing it.'

Cole said, 'If you are a celebrity in LA, all you have to do is use the internet and evidence against you can be manufactured.

'It's easy to create fake conversations and pictures and it puts celebrities at a real risk of having their careers destroyed.'

Long-time girlfriend Malick – whom Gatt hugged and thanked for 'sticking by me' through all this – added at the time, 'It's not just celebrities. Nobody is safe.'

In an email to DailyMail.com, the actress and writer accused the LA DA of malicious prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct, the LA police of search and seizure violations and the purported victim of falsifying evidence.

In addition to Game of Thrones, Gatt has also starred in several blockbuster movies including the live-action Disney remake Dumbo, Star Trek Into Darkness and Thor.

The bald-headed actor – who has a condition called alopecia universalis which caused him to lose all his hair at the age of 14 – began his acting career with an appearance on the British police drama The Bill in 1999.