Pictured: Ex-girlfriend who died on day Hollywood actor was set to stand trial for 'assaulting her' after being freed from jail early
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The first picture has emerged of a Hollywood actor's former girlfriend who died on the day he was due to stand trial for allegedly assaulting her. Jason Hoganson was jailed in August for attacking Rachel Usher, 42, in the street and breaching a restraining order.
![[Jason Hoganson was jailed in August for attacking his ex-girlfriend, Rachel Usher, in the street and breaching a restraining order]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/08/88823969-14209005-Jason_Hoganson_was_released_after_being_jailed_for_18_months_at_-a-1_1734595987636.jpg)
The 53-year-old, who was the leading man in the cult 1980s film Empire State, was freed from HMP Durham 19 days later under Sir Keir Starmer's measures to tackle overcrowding. But he was rearrested just 48 hours later on two counts of allegedly breaching a restraining order and one count of assault.
![[Jason Hoganson pictured at the time of his appearance in 1987 movie Empire State]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/08/30000206-14209005-Jason_Hoganson_at_the_time_of_his_appearance_in_1987_film_Empire-a-2_1734595991646.jpg)
Prosecutors said that Hoganson was suspected of sending Ms Usher two letters while he was behind bars in August and on September 3. He was then accused of assaulting her by slapping her cheek at her home the day after his prison release. Hoganson, from Newcastle and of no fixed abode, denied two counts of breaching a restraining order and one of assault by beating and he was remanded in custody until his trial on October 30.
![[Hoganson struggled with his early success after starring in Empire State and his life descended into crime and addictions]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/19/59572665-14211333-Hoganson_struggled_with_his_early_success_after_starring_in_Empi-a-1_1734636553822.jpg)
However on the day the trial was due to start, prosecutors received the tragic news that Ms Usher had died due to reasons unrelated to Hoganson. The first photograph has emerged of Rachel Usher, 42, the former girlfriend of Empire State actor Jason Hoganson, 53, who died on the day he was due to stand trial for allegedly assaulting her.
![[Jason Hoganson, with his face crisscrossed with angry scars and his head covered in distinctive tattoos, gave a jubilant thumbs up to the camera as he left prison]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/08/89488759-14209005-Jason_Hoganson_with_his_face_crisscrossed_with_angry_scars_and_h-a-8_1734596029446.jpg)
