 
Virginia Rappe
In 1921, American silent-film actress Virginia Rappe died of internal injuries following a raucous party in a hotel suite at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Much liquor was served although it was during Prohibition.
During the party, Rappe and actor Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, a huge star of the day, were in a bedroom together and ‘her screams were heard,’ reported the BBC. When other guests entered, Rappe was ‘fully dressed, writhing in pain on the bed’.
The starlet reportedly uttered, ‘He did this to me,’ according to her friend, who may not have been a reliable witness, as it turned out. Rappe, who suffered from recurrent bladder infections, died three days later.
Arbuckle was charged with her murder and tried three times; the first two trials ended in a hung jury, the final ended in acquittal. But public opinion never acquitted Arbuckle, whose career was destroyed. He died at age 46 of a heart attack.
