Toronto Star

New claims against Tambor and Piven

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Athird accuser says Transparen­t star Jeffrey Tambor sexually harassed her, forcibly kissing her on the set of the film Never Again in 2001.

On the last day of the shoot, makeup artist Tamara Delbridge says she told Tambor, “It was very nice to work with you,” and “He grabbed me out of nowhere and kissed me on the lips.” Tambor said he had no memory of the alleged episode and “If it did (happen), it wasn’t meant as anything more than an enthusiast­ic farewell and gratitude for a job well done at the end of a shoot.”

Delbridge says she was spurred to speak up when she read that Tambor had dismissed two other allegation­s as baseless.

Meanwhile, actor Jeremy Piven is facing a new allegation of sexual mis- conduct from the set of Entourage.

Anastasia Taneie says she was an extra on the HBO series in April 2009 when Piven grabbed her, pushed her against a wall, and began to grope her chest and genitals.

She says he stopped when an assistant director walked by and then asked that person to remove Taneie from the set because she “came on” to him.

Taneie said she never formally complained to the show because she was scared no one would believe her. Piven gave a statement to Buzzfeed saying the incident didn’t happen.

Elsewhere, five more women made allegation­s against Eddie Berganza a week after he was fired from DC Comics amid claims of groping multiple women. The women told BuzzFeed News the former executive editor made inappropri­ate comments and attempted to kiss them.

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