Seagal, Mad Men’s Weiner and Louis CK accused of harassment
Actor Steven Seagal, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner and comedian Louis CK are the latest American entertainers to be accused of sexual harassment, following the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.
Actress Portia de Rossi, the wife of chat queen Ellen DeGeneres, accused Seagal of flashing her during an undated audition for a movie in his office.
“He told me how important it was to have chemistry off-screen as he sat me down and unzipped his leather pants,” de Rossi tweeted on Wednesday. “I ran out and called my agent. Unfazed, she replied, ‘well, I didn’t know if he was your type.”
Seagal’s representatives did not immediately respond to requests to comment.
Weiner’s accuser was his former personal assistant and staff writer Kater Gordon. In an interview to The Information, she alleged Weiner made a sexually explicit remark while they were working on the Mad Men series.
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him to let him see me naked,” Gordon said, adding that she “froze” and tried to ignore the comments. She said that she told the story to people close to her but did not officially report the incident for fear of losing her job.
Gordon’s allegations were swiftly denied by Weiner. His publicist said Weiner did not remember making the comment and that it does not reflect a comment he would say to a colleague.
Five women accused Louis CK of sexually inappropriate behaviour, according to a report by the New York Times .
Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov told said in 2002, CK invited them to his hotel room and shocked them by asking if he could take out his penis. As they laughed, thinking it was a joke, he proceeded to take off all his clothes and masturbate.
Three other women told the Times that CK masturbated in their presence, over the phone, or that he asked if he could.
Louis CK’s publicist, Lewis Kay, told the New York Times the comedian would not respond to the allegations. “Louis is not going to answer any questions,” Kay wrote in an email.
‘MOORE SHOULD STAND DOWN IF CLAIMS TRUE’
US President Donald Trump has called on Roy Moore, the Republican Senate nominee in Alabama, to step aside if the allegations of sexual assault against a minor are true.
In an article published on Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Moore had inappropriate sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in 1979 when he took her to his house and made her touch his genitals. Moore has insisted the report is “fake news and intentional defamation”.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said: “The president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation, in this case one from many years ago, to destroy a person’s life.
“However, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, Judge Moore will do the right thing and step aside.”