ACTRESS BLAIR SAYS TOBACK THREATENED TO ‘ GOUGE MY EYES OUT’
Selma Blair has accused filmmaker James Toback of threatening to kill her to keep her silent about his alleged sexual misconduct against her.
The Hellboy star came forward with accusations against the writer and director in October, alleging she met Toback in his hotel room almost two decades ago and he insisted on rubbing himself against her while forcing the actress to look him in the eyes.
“He walked me back to the bed. He sat me down. He got on his knees. And he continued to press so hard against my leg. He was greasy and I had to look into those big brown eyes. I tried to look away, but he would hold my face. So I was forced to look into his eyes,” she said.
Blair reveals she wanted to come forward earlier, but was afraid because Toback allegedly threatened her.
“I literally had been afraid for 17 years of James Toback, who threatened to murder me, put cement shoes on, and gouge my eyes out with a big pen, if I ever told any- body,” she told U. S. chat show The Talk on Monday.
Toback has denied the allegations, but a number of women have subsequently filed police complaints against the Oscarnominated Bugsy writer.