Women accuse James Franco of misconduct
James Franco’s Golden Globe win Sunday has lost some of its lustre after several women went on Twitter to accuse him of inappropriate behaviour, The New York Daily News reports.
Almost immediately after he won a best actor Globe Sunday for The Disaster Artist, on a night the industry spoke out against sexual harassment, Franco came under attack on social media.
Actress Violet Paley alleges Franco once sexually assaulted her and tried to lure her 17-yearold friend to his hotel room.
“Cute #TimesUp pin James Franco. Remember the time you pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis & that other time you told my friend to come to your hotel when she was 17? After you had already been caught doing that to a different 17 year old?” she wrote on Twitter.
Paley, who clarified that she herself was an adult and not a teen at the time, said she did have a consensual relationship with Franco, but that the alleged encounter she mentioned was against her will. Paley did not immediately respond to a request for comment and Franco has not commented publicly on the allegations.
The age of consent in New York is 17, but it’s unclear where Paley’s friend allegedly met Franco.
Sarah Tither-Kaplan, who was once a student of Franco’s at his acting school, alleged that Franco exploited her by asking her to strip down on set for only $100 per day after she signed a “vague and general at best” contract.
“Remember a few weeks ago when you told me the full nudity you had me do in two of your movies for $100/day wasn’t exploitative because I signed a contract to do it? Times up on that!” she tweeted. “I 100% did not feel like I had a choice to say no.”
Tither-Kaplan also called out Franco for allegedly failing to give actresses speaking roles unless the part involved nudity.
She did not specify on which film set the nude scene occurred, but she and Franco currently have a film titled The Long Home in post-production.
“If a famous actor who has the ability to make or break my career with the snap of his fingers offers me a part, I don’t have bargaining power. I need work. I need to eat. I need a career,” she tweeted.
She declined to comment to reporters.