New York Daily News

No ‘Grey’ area in her Toback tale

- Nicole Bitette

“GREY’S ANATOMY” star Caterina Scorsone says director James Toback sexually harassed her when she was ateen. The now-36-year-old actress shared an essays he wrote when shew as 17, describing a “fairly prominent director” making unwanted sexual advances toward her during an audition. On Tuesday, she revealed it was Toback. “In response to James Toback’s crass denial in Rolling Stone, I feel I must corroborat­e the stories of these women. I want to be clear that the predatory director I wrote about in the article I posted a few days back was James Toback,” she wrote on Instagram, along with a screen grab of the Rolling Stone article in which Toback, 72, called the allegation­s “things I never would have done .” “He told me that I was re press ed, and that, if I were a real actor like the half-dozen names he mentioned working with, I would be willing to trust him and just ‘go there,’ ” recalled the star, whoplays Dr. Amelia Shepherd on “Grey’s.” More than 300women have accused To back of sexual harassment.

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