Seagal accused of raping teen actor
NEW YORK — A once-aspiring actor has alleged Steven Seagal raped her at a wrap party for the film On Deadly Ground.
Regina Simons said Seagal undressed her and assaulted her on his bed while she focused on a photo of Seagal’s wife on the nightstand.
Simons called the alleged assault “very predatory, very aggressive and traumatizing” during an interview that aired Friday on NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today. Simons was 18 at the time.
Seagal’s lawyer did not return calls for comment on Friday.
Simons said she was surprised to find that she was the only one invited to Seagal’s 1993 party to celebrate the end of filming.
She had been an extra and said “before I knew it, he was on top of me and I couldn’t move.” She said she froze and “felt like I left my body.”
During the alleged attack, Simons said she remembers looking at a photo of Seagal and “the lady from Weird Science.” At the time, Seagal was married to Kelly LeBrock, who starred in Weird Science.
Simon said she reported her allegations to police in Beverly Hills, California, where the incident occurred.
Other women have accused Seagal of sexual misconduct. Jenny McCarthy said the action star sexually harassed her during an audition in 1995, while Portia de Rossi accused Seagal of unzipping his pants during an audition.
A spokesman for Seagal denied McCarthy’s accusations to the website Daily Beast. McCarthy told the same story to Movieline magazine in 1998.