Ex-’Silicon Valley’ star T.J. Miller charged with making fake bomb threat ‘after drunken argument with woman on a train’

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T.J. Miller (seen here at the premiere of ‘The Emoji Movie’ in July last year) has been charged with making a fake bomb threat following an argument with a woman on a US train. Photo: Reuters

Published: 3:34am, 11 Apr 2018Updated: 3:36am, 11 Apr 2018

Former Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller has been charged with making a fake bomb threat after having an argument with a woman on a train headed for New York, the FBI said on Tuesday.

Miller, 36, who played egotistical tech entrepreneur Erlich Bachman on HBO’s tech startup satire, was travelling from Washington to New York on March 18 when he called 911 and reported that a female passenger “has a bomb in her bag”, the criminal complaint said.

Amtrak officials stopped the train when it got to Connecticut and told passengers to get off while bomb squad officers searched the train but found nothing.

Miller had earlier been removed from the train in New York because he was drunk, an Amtrak attendant told investigators. The actor had reportedly also been involved “in hostile exchanges with a woman who was sitting in a different row” in the first class car.

Miller (far right) is seen here with fellow 'Silicon Valley' stars Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Thomas Middleditch and Zach Woods. Photo: HBO

Investigators contacted Miller by phone in New York and asked if he suffered from mental illness, the complaint said.

Miller replied, “No, absolutely not. This is the first time I’ve ever made a call like this before. I am worried for everyone on that train. Someone has to check that lady out,” according to the complaint.