Abuse claims against Michael Fassbender
NEW DELHI : As the #Metoo and Time’s Up campaigns gain momentum in Hollywood, domestic abuse allegations against actor Michael Fassbender have resurfaced eight years after his ex-girlfriend first reported them.
In 2010, Sunawin “Leasi” Andrews, then an aspiring model and actress, alleged that Fassbender violently attacked her on at least two occasions, breaking her nose and dragging her with his car, Daily Beast reported.
The allegations are not new — many news outlets had reported them in 2010. The Daily Mail quoted a “senior movie industry figure” as saying “this has been noted at the highest level”. However, the charges seem to have been forgotten.
In 2012, Fassbender played Magneto in X-men: First Class and gave an award-winning performance in Shame, both roles catapulting him into a Hollywood A-lister. When the Daily Beast contacted Andrews, she refused to comment on the allegations, referring the news outlet to court filings. The paperwork said Andrews in March 2010 filed for a restraining order against Fassbender in Los Angeles, requesting the actor stay at least 100 yards away from her, her then teenage daughter and three-yearold son.
She also sought attorneys’ fees, medical bills, and requested Fassbender enrol in a 52-week batterer intervention programme. The New York Daily News cited a source who claimed the complaint could bar Fassbender — who was in Britain — from re-entering the US.