You might have known about the sexual harassment cases of Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Mark Halperin, Andy Dick, Michael Oreskes, Bill O'Reilly and many other celebrities. In the ongoing list of people accused of sexual harassment and allegation, now American actor and director Dustin Lee Hoffman aka Dustin Hoffman joins the list.
Where everyone is trying to defend the accusation, some celebrities like Dustin Hoffman is all ready to take it and apologize for all trouble he created. Hoffman sexually accused 17-year-old intern three decades ago. Check it out:
Dustin Hoffman harassed 17-year-old intern; apologizes over Allegations
30 years ago, Dustin Hoffman sexually harassment a 17-year-old by grabbing her bum and using a vulgar language around her on the set of 1985 TV film Death of a Salesman. But now he has apologized her over explosive allegations he harassed the girl.
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Dustin Hoffman Source: timeincuk
Writer Anna Graham Hunter shared the story with The Hollywood Reporter, and he asked her to give him a foot massage on her first day on set. She said:
He was openly flirtatious; he grabbed my ass, he talked about sex to me and in front of me.
Hoffman since then released a statement and apologized Hunter for making her feel uncomfortable. Hunter also explained that the alleged harassment went for over five weeks and during that time she was a high-school senior. When she went to his dressing room for the breakfast order, he grinned at her said:
I'll have a hard-boiled egg … and a soft-boiled clitoris.
Anna Graham Hunter Source: heavyeditorial
All this time, she left speechless and went to the bathroom and cried. This kind of behaviors made her feel scared and repulsed on the set. It looks her over the years to come to terms with what happened to her. She explained:
At 49, I understand what Dustin Hoffman did as it fits into the larger pattern of what women experience in Hollywood and everywhere.
Hunter called Hoffman a predator, and she was a child, and everything she went through was sexual harassment.
In recent weeks, numerous sexual harassment and allegation cases are being popped out after Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment cases got revealed.