Hey everyone, Frazier here for Complex.
In the weeks following The New York times initial report on Harvey Weinstein, unveiling
his storied history of sexual harassment, misconduct, and later, assault a wave of similar
exposes have followed outing similarly high-powered Hollywood execs for similarly disturbing patterns
of behavior.
The most recent name on the list *was* Kevin Spacey...until today.
The Los Angeles Times went live this morning with an investigation in which several actresses
and other women accuse director and producer Brett Ratner of sexual harassment and in one
case assault.
Ratner is famous for helming the Rush Hour franchise, the first bad X-Men movie, and
most recently producing movies like Horrible Bosses and The Revenant.
The most serious allegation comes from actress Natasha Henstridge whom you know from movies
like Species or The Whole Nine Yards.
She claims Ratner forced her to perform oral sex on him when she was 19 years-old after
a gathering at his apartment ended with her being the last guest present.
"He strong-armed me in a real way.
He physically forced himself on me.
At some point, I gave in and he did his thing."
When the Harvey Weinstein story first broke a few weeks ago, Henstridge raised eyebrows
with this tweet, which has come into horrifying focus now.
Elsewhere in the story, Olivia Munn recounts her now infamous encounter with Ratner, which
she'd previously detailed in her 2010 book "Suck It, Wonder Woman."
In it she says Brett masturbated in front of her on the set of his caper film After
Sunset.
His response to that allegation was to say that he actually quote "banged" Olivia,
only to later admit that was a lie to Howard Stern.
Munn says Ratner later confronted her about her allegations in person at a Hollywood party,
allegedly saying "Why do you hate me?" then detailing that he masturbated on 10 of
her magazine covers.
There's also an account from actress Jamie Ray Newman, who stars on Netflix's upcoming
The Punisher.
She says she met Ratner on a flight, where he openly and loudly detailed what he would
like to do to her orally.
Katharine Towne, daughter of famed screenwriter Robert Towne, says Ratner cornered her in
the bathroom at a party once, to the point where she gave him her number just so she
could escape.
Ratner would pursue a date with her for the following 6 months before finally backing
off.
Ratner of course didn't provide comment for the story but his lawyer is all over it,
profusely refuting all the claims on Brett's behalf.
To the Katharine Towne story, for example he says:
"Even if hypothetically this incident occurred exactly as claimed, how is flirting at a party,
complimenting a woman on her appearance, and calling her to ask her for a date wrongful
conduct?"
It's worth noting this is the same Martin Singer who represented Bill Cosby in sexual
assault cases as well, so, yea.
Prominent Hollywood figures like Jessica Chastain, Jamie Chung, Amber Tamblyn and Asia Argento
have since shared the story and lent credence to its claims.
"I know a woman who was too scared to go on record for this story.
I stand with them all.
This is not easy to do"
As per Amber's tweet this probably won't be the last we hear of this troubling story.
For more updates, keep it locked to Complex News on YouTube.
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