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Friday, May 25, 2018

Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment (8 so far)

(CNN)A young production assistant thought she had landed the job of her dreams when, in the summer of 2015, she started work on "Going In Style," a bank heist comedy starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.

But the job quickly devolved into several months of harassment, she told CNN. She alleges that Freeman subjected her to unwanted touching and comments about her figure and clothing on a near-daily basis. Freeman would rest his hand on her lower back or rub her lower back, she said.

In one incident, she said, Freeman "kept trying to lift up my skirt and asking if I was wearing underwear." He never successfully lifted her skirt, she said -- he would touch it and try to lift it, she would move away, and then he'd try again. Eventually, she said, "Alan [Arkin] made a comment telling him to stop. Morgan got freaked out and didn't know what to say."

Freeman's alleged inappropriate behavior was not limited to that one movie set, according to other sources who spoke to CNN. A woman who was a senior member of the production staff of the movie "Now You See Me" in 2012 told CNN that Freeman sexually harassed her and her female assistant on numerous occasions by making comments about their bodies.

"He did comment on our bodies... We knew that if he was coming by ... not to wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that would show our bottoms, meaning not wearing clothes that [were] fitted," she said.

7 comments:

Gerald said...

Geez, I wish these women would quit their bitching, just look at what these same women wear or aren't wear enough, to a Hollywood red carpet affair. The lack of bras, or underwear is very apparent and yet they complain when guys are looking at them!

Anonymous said...

So the perks of stardom are coming back to haunt the stars. All the "aspiring" actresses that would "do whatever it takes" to get a role, are no longer trying to get the fame they so desperately sought, rather they, and their lawyers, are looking for money, big money, that they failed to earn on their talents. Now they are just admitting that they were prostituting themselves when they slept with the stars.

Anonymous said...

So a woman (actress) in their revealing clothes, stands in front of a male star, and years, many years later, claims the star "stared" at them. Heck, the courts should bring charges against the lawyers that bring these cases to the courts. Stuff like this diminishes any real complaints about sexual harassment.

Anonymous said...

Sad on all accounts.

Anonymous said...

Gerald, you are a moron. I hope you don't have a daughter.

Anonymous said...

Agreed 100%

Anonymous said...

Innuendo's and double entendre are craft. Did he grab her did he caress her ?
Our President himself is a flirt. Granted no modern American women would fall for it but gold digging foreign women and pageant queens love him. Never trust a man with a mail order wife . They are inflatable.