Hollywood star, Morgan Freeman, has
apologized over reports that multiple women accused him of sexual
misconduct.
Sixteen people — eight of whom say
they were victims — described to CNN a variety of troubling
behaviour on production sets or on promotional tours over Morgan’s
career.
“Anyone who knows me or has worked
with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or
knowingly make anyone feel uneasy,” Freeman said in a statement.
“I apologize to anyone who felt
uncomfortable or disrespected — that was never my intent.”
The cable television network quoted a
young production assistant who says Morgan harassed her over a period
of months in the summer of 2015, while she was working on his bank
heist comedy “Going in Style.”
She accuses Freeman of touching her
repeatedly, resting his hand on her lower back or rubbing her lower
back without permission, and frequently making comments about her
appearance.
The woman said Freeman, who turns 80
next week, continually tried to lift her skirt and kept asking if she
was wearing underwear.
Actor Alan Arkin “made a comment
telling him to stop. Morgan got freaked out and didn’t know what to
say,” the woman said.
A senior member of the “Now You See
Me” (2013) production staff told CNN team members knew “not to
wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that
would show our bottoms,” or any fitted clothes, if Freeman was
coming by them.
Freeman is the latest in a litany of
Hollywood celebrities and other high-profile public figures accused
of sexual misconduct since revelations about alleged serial abuser
Harvey Weinstein sparked the #MeToo movement last year.
He is also accused of staring at
women’s breasts, asking a woman how she felt about sexual
harassment and asking women to twirl for him.
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