Dustin Hoffman accused of sexual harassment against 17-year-old

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Dustin Hoffman has been accused of sexual harassment against a 17-year-old intern in 1985.

Writer Anna Graham Hunter alleges that the actor, now 80, groped her on the set of TV movie Death of a Salesman and spoke inappropriately about sex with her.

?He asked me to give him a foot massage my first day on set; I did,? Hunter wrote in the Hollywood Reporter. ?He was openly flirtatious, he grabbed my ass, he talked about sex to me and in front of me. One morning I went to his dressing room to take his breakfast order; he looked at me and grinned, taking his time. Then he said, ?I?ll have a hard-boiled egg ? and a soft-boiled clitoris.? His entourage burst out laughing. I left, speechless. Then I went to the bathroom and cried.?

Hunter detailed Hoffman?s alleged treatment of her over her five weeks on set in a diary that she mailed to her sister at the time. ?Today, when I was walking Dustin to his limo, he felt my ass four times,? she wrote. ?I hit him each time, hard, and told him he was a dirty old man.?

She claims that on set, she was told to put up with his behavior by a supervisor who told her to ?sacrifice? some of her values for the sake of the production.

?At 49, I understand what Dustin Hoffman did as it fits into the larger pattern of what women experience in Hollywood and everywhere,? she wrote, looking back. ?He was a predator, I was a child, and this was sexual harassment. As to how it fits into my own pattern, I imagine I?ll be figuring that out for years to come.?

Hoffman has responded to the article with an apology: ?I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.?

The Tootsie star?s reputation has often been troubling. On the set of Kramer vs Kramer, he slapped Meryl Streep to improve her performance in a dramatic scene while also taunting her about the death of her boyfriend. ?I was getting divorced, I?d been partying with drugs and it depleted me in every way,? Hoffman said of his behavior at the time.

The story comes after a deluge of similar stories of sexual harassment within Hollywood against producer Harvey Weinstein, film-maker James Toback and actor Kevin Spacey. Today has also seen six women accuse director Brett Ratner of sexual harassment, including actors Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/01/dustin-hoffman-accused-of-sexual-harassment-against-17-year-old[/quote]
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Quote from: BrandySavedMyLife on November 01, 2017, 10:41:00 PM
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One morning I went to his dressing room to take his breakfast order; he looked at me and grinned, taking his time. Then he said, ?I?ll have a hard-boiled egg ? and a soft-boiled clitoris.?



Vonc2002

This isn't even newsworthy
He flirted with me and said some off color remarks. GIRL  :dead:
This is my pass to say WHATEVER tf I wanna say about the mess she releases so I don't wanna hear SHIT! Baby mama is a mess of a song btw





BAPHOMET.

Im about to COOK UP and allege some mess. I want some media attention and extra coin


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Quote from: Vonc2002 on November 01, 2017, 10:43:58 PM
This isn't even newsworthy
He flirted with me and said some off color remarks. GIRL  :dead:
I just don?t understand any of this. Bring awareness to the situation but what is the point of exposing these now elderly men for mess that you engaged in? If they didn?t force themselves on you or rape...



Sinpool

Well shit

I seem to remember my mom taking me to a Diddy cert when I was 5 and he and Mase tried to take me in the back room.

Lemme call the press. Diddy needs to pay me coin



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Vonc2002

Quote from: BowDown on November 01, 2017, 10:45:34 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on November 01, 2017, 10:43:58 PM
This isn't even newsworthy
He flirted with me and said some off color remarks. GIRL  :dead:
I just don?t understand any of this. Bring awareness to the situation but what is the point of exposing these now elderly men for mess that you engaged in? If they didn?t force themselves on you or rape...
Right! Unless it ended in some kinda violation, save it. This I walked by and he started catcalling bullshit
Bitch, scram
This is my pass to say WHATEVER tf I wanna say about the mess she releases so I don't wanna hear SHIT! Baby mama is a mess of a song btw





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Quote from: REDRUM. on November 01, 2017, 10:46:44 PM
I'm sorry but 1985 has me faking strokes on daytime television
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Quote from: Vonc2002 on November 01, 2017, 10:50:34 PM
Quote from: BowDown on November 01, 2017, 10:45:34 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on November 01, 2017, 10:43:58 PM
This isn't even newsworthy
He flirted with me and said some off color remarks. GIRL  :dead:
I just don?t understand any of this. Bring awareness to the situation but what is the point of exposing these now elderly men for mess that you engaged in? If they didn?t force themselves on you or rape...
Right! Unless it ended in some kinda violation, save it. This I walked by and he started catcalling bullshit
Bitch, scram
!!

I think there?s a greater purpose for all of this. Has to be some monetary gain for someone behind the scenes..