Zegler tired of questions about Elgort’s ‘assault’

ACTRESS Rachel Zegler, pictured, spoke critically to Elle magazine about how her press tour for West Side Story was often overtaken by questions regarding Ansel Elgort’s alleged sexual assault.

Elgort was accused in June 2020 of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2014, reports Variety. Elgort went on to star with Zegler in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, which opened in December 2021.

Magazine writer Adrienne Gaffney observed that the female cast of West Side Story was frequently asked to speak on Elgort’s alleged actions throughout the press tour.

Zegler responded by saying she did not understand why she was always on the receiving end of Elgort-related questions, “even though the person in question was present”. Elgort participated in many group panels during the press tour.

“It was a real gut punch, honestly,” Zegler said of always being asked to answer for Elgort’s alleged behaviour. “I reverted to this brain space I was in (back in) June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced. I was sitting there having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable (by the public) for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation said to have occurred (five) years earlier.” |