#metoo has turned into Hollywood witch hunt
Liam Neeson says the sexual harassment scandal in Hollywood has sparked “a bit of a witch hunt”.
His comments came after screen legend Catherine Deneuve said men are being unfairly targeted by sexual misconduct allegations and should be free to hit on women.
Asked about the issue, Neeson, 65, told The Late Late Show on RTE: “There is a bit of a witch hunt happening too.
“There’s some people, famous people, being suddenly accused of touching some gi rl ’s knee or something and suddenly they’re being dropped f rom thei r programme...”
He said he was “on the fence” about allegations aimed at Dustin Hoffman.
The Irish star said: “When you’re doing a play and you’re with your family, other actors and technicians, you do silly things. You do silly things and it becomes superstitious.”
“I’m not saying I’ve done similar things like what he did. Apparently he touched a girl’s breast and stuff but it’s childhood stuff.”
Last year, actress Anna Graham Hunter alleged Hoffman groped her and made inappropriate comments when she was a 17-year-old intern on the set of the 1985 TV movie Death Of A Salesman.
Playwright Cori Thomas accused him of exposing himself to her in a New York hotel room in 1980, when she was 16.
In response to Hunter ’ s allegations, Hoffman issued a statement saying the incident “is not reflective of who I am”.
Neeson also defended US radio presenter and writer Garrison Keillor, dropped by Minnesota Public Radio last year over an allegation