More women accuse Dustin Hoffman of sexual assault

Five more women came forward to accuse Dustin Hoffman of sexual assault Thursday, with two accusers alleging they were in their teens when he exposed himself to them, and, in one case, allegedly masturbating in front of a 15-year-old.

The new claims to Variety, which Hoffman’s attorney dismissed as “defamatory falsehoods,” and The Hollywood Reporter bring the total number of accusations against the Oscar-winning actor to eight.

Pauline, who opted to withhold her last name, told The Hollywood Reporter that she was 15 years old when Hoffman invited her to his home, exposed himself in his daughter’s bedroom and masturbated in front of her in 1973.

Pauline said she first met the actor while she was working in a Manhattan clothing store, and that they developed a sort of friendship in which he would occasionally pop in and say hello.

She told THR that Hoffman asked her to see a movie one afternoon, and afterward asked if she wanted to visit his home to see his puppy.

It was there that Hoffman led her into his daughter Karina’s room, exposed himself and masturbated in front of her.

Cori Thomas, a playwright, shared a similar story with Variety. She was just 16 when she met up with Hoffman and Karina for a day out in New York City in 1980. Thomas said the plan was for her parents to pick her from dinner at an Upper East Side restaurant, but Hoffman suggested that the trio instead visit his hotel room.

“Either Karina or Dustin suggested that (Karina) should go home because it was a school night and she had homework,” she recalled. Not long after Karina left, Hoffman allegedly emerged from the bathroom naked except for a towel, which he quickly dropped.