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Rebel tells her tale of Hollywood sex abuse

- STAFF WRITERS

AUSTRALIAN Hollywood export Rebel Wilson claims she has been a victim of sexual harassment in Hollywood.

The Pitch Perfect star has shared her own sexual harassment stories on Twitter.

Wilson, 37, accused an unnamed “male star” who she said was in a “position of power” of asking her to go in a room with him and to penetrate him with her finger while his friends filmed the incident on their phones.

She also claimed she had a separate “hotel room encounter” with a “top director”, but said nothing physical happened after his wife called and shouted at him for sleeping with actresses.

Wilson said after the incident with the “male star” she called her agent and lawyer straight away and they filed a complaint with the studio.

“Later I was threatened by one of the star’s representa­tives to be nice and support him. I refused. The whole thing was disgusting,” she said. “I’ve told hundreds of people in the industry the story in more graphic detail basically to warn them off this individual.”

Wilson said in the incident with the director in his hotel room she “thought we were there to talk comedy.”

“Nothing physical happened because the guy’s wife called and started abusing him over the phone for sleeping with actresses and luckily she was yelling so loud that I could hear her and I bolted out of there immediatel­y.”

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