Eliza Dushku says she was sexually molested at age 12 by a stunt coordinator during production of the 1994 film True Lies.

In a post on her Facebook account on 13 January, the actor also alleged that Joel Kramer, then 36, caused her to be injured on the set as payback for disclosing the alleged misconduct to a friend. Kramer denied the accusations in trade publication interviews.

“These are outlandish, manipulated lies,” Kramer told the website Deadline. “I never sexually molested her … I think she’s making this up in her imagination.”

True Lies film-maker James Cameron said he was unaware of what he called Dushku’s “heartbreaking” experience and said she was brave for speaking up. “Had I known about it, there would have been no mercy,” said Cameron, who was taking part in a Q&A event with critics last weekend to promote a new TV show. “Now, especially when I have daughters, there really is no mercy.”

Dushku, who appeared in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the film Bring It On, joins the growing ranks of those alleging sexual misconduct by men in the entertainment industry. The accusations against the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, which he has denied, and other Hollywood and media figures gave rise to the #MeToo protest movement.

Dushku said at the time she told her parents, two adult friends and an older brother about what had happened, adding that no one “seemed ready to confront this taboo subject then, nor was I”.

She said the “ever-growing list of sexual abuse and harassment victims who have spoken out with their truths have finally given me the ability to speak out. It has been indescribably exhausting, bottling this up inside me for all of these years.”

Dushku alleges that Kramer lured her to his hotel room, put her on a bed and approached her naked except for a “flimsy” towel and rubbed his body over hers.

She confided to an adult female friend, who then allegedly confronted Kramer on the set. Dushku said that she then broke ribs in a stunt that went awry, calling it “no small coincidence”. She said Kramer “was responsible for my safety” on the film.

“This whole talk of luring her to my room, on top of her, getting off, holding her in the car and calling her jailbait is just outright hyperbole and lies,” Kramer told Variety in response to the allegations.

He said that Dushku’s accusations were “absurd” and added: “Who in their right mind would do something like that, when you’re a high-profile coordinator on a shoot like that with months left of shooting?”

Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian during production, but Sue Booth-Forbes, who was Dushku’s guardian on the set, says that she had failed to protect the child actor.

Booth-Forbes told Variety and Deadline that Dushku is “telling the truth,” and said she reported what she called Kramer’s “inappropriate sexual behaviour” at the time to “a person of authority” and that no action was taken. She did not identify the person to whom she reported the alleged incident.

Following Dushku’s allegations against Kramer, Worldwide Production Agency, who represent the stunt coordinator, said they are cutting ties with him. “WPA has elected to part ways with Joel Kramer based on the allegations of misconduct now being reported. Such behaviour is unacceptable and entirely at odds with the standards of conduct we demand of ourselves, and expect from our clients,” the agency’s president and general counsel Richard Caleel said in a statement to Deadline.

True Lies, starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. In an article on the Huffington Post, Lee Curtis wrote that the alleged abuse of Dushku shocked and saddened her.

“[Dushku] shared that story with me privately a few years ago. I was shocked and saddened then and still am today,” she wrote. “We have all started to awaken to the fact that the terrible abuses now commonplace in daily news reports have been going on for a very long time.

“Unconscionably, those reports frequently come along with claims by the perpetrators that, as adults, those perpetrated against had some part in it.”</s>BURLINGTON — A Dundas man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Burlington after allegedly meeting her online.

Halton Regional Police say the woman connected with the man on a dating website on Jan. 10 before he went to her home.

"During that encounter, the female victim was sexually assaulted and had several electronics stolen from her residence," police said in a news release Tuesday.

Darrell Jason Turnock, 36, of Dundas is charged with sexual assault and theft of property over $5,000.</s>Ms. Dushku soon shared what had happened with a friend, according to her post. That friend, a woman Ms. Dushku did not name, then visited the set and confronted Mr. Kramer. Later that day, Ms. Dushku broke her ribs in a failed stunt.

“Whereas he was supposed to be my protector, he was my abuser,” she wrote.

In an email to The New York Times on Tuesday, Mr. Kramer affirmed a denial he had previously given to Deadline Hollywood, an industry publication.

“These are outlandish, manipulated lies,” he told the publication. “I never sexually molested her. I’m sick to my stomach. It’s not true. I think she’s making this up in her imagination. This is all lies. Lies, lies, lies. This is just crazy. I treated her like a daughter. We all looked out for her.”

Mr. Kramer also disputed two other accusations of sexual misconduct, both published by Deadline and involving women who were not named.

In a statement provided to Deadline, Sue Booth-Forbes, who said she was Ms. Dushku’s legal guardian on the set, said she had reported Mr. Kramer’s behavior to an authority figure.

“I was met with blank stares and had the sense that I wasn’t telling that person anything they didn’t already know,” she said.

Ms. Dushku, she added, “was treated like one of the boys, not a 12-year-old girl.”

Ms. Dushku’s Facebook post sparked an outpouring of support from several of her “True Lies” co-stars.

Jamie Lee Curtis, who played her mother, said in a HuffPost piece that Ms. Dushku had told her of the assault a few years ago, and she praised her for coming forward.

“Eliza’s story has now awakened us from our denial slumber to a new, horrific reality. The abuse of children,” she wrote.

James Cameron, who directed the movie, reportedly said Ms. Dushku was “brave” for speaking up.

And the actors Tom Arnold and Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Twitter that they would have helped had they known.

“All of us would have done something,” said Mr. Schwarzenegger, who played her father in the movie. “I’m shocked and saddened for Eliza but I am also proud of her — beyond being a great talent and an amazing woman, she is so courageous.”

In her piece, Ms. Curtis noted the difficulties faced by child actors, who are often thrust into a world they may not be fully equipped to understand.

“I have wrestled with my role as a mentor, colleague, surrogate, and friend, and each relationship is individual and unique,” she said of working with child actors. “Are we really friends? Are we work mates? Children are not mature enough to recognize that subtle difference.”</s>STOCKTON — Stockton investigators are searching for a man who was invited into an elderly woman’s home Monday then sexually assaulted her.

According to the Stockton Police Department, a Hispanic man in his 20s approached the 75-year-old woman’s home on Marsh Street asking for water around 2:45 p.m.

When the woman let him inside the suspect hit her multiple times and sexually assaulted her.

The 75-year-old was able to free herself as she began to scream and the man ran from the home.

Police say the suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, red sweatpants and black and white shoes at the time of the attack.</s>Action film star Steven Seagal is denying he sexually assaulted actress and Bond girl Rachel Grant on the set of one of his films in 2002.

Allegations of harassment and assault from multiple actresses including Jenny McCarthy and Eva LaRue have hit Seagal or have been resurfaced against him since October.

Grant, speaking to the BBC, said Seagal, 65, assaulted her during the filming of Out For A Kill, which debuted straight-to-video in 2003.

At the time Grant, 40, was 26 and Seagal would have been in his early 50s.

She says she was at a line reading with Seagal and the film's director at a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria.

At some point, she says, the film director left and she was alone with the actor.

She claims he asked her to take off her strapless top multiple times, and she said 'no,' each time.

The actress says she later stood up, at which point Seagal forcibly pulled her top down and exposed her breasts.

'I was forced to cover myself,' she told the BBC. 'He pushed me on to the bed with force.'

She says Seagal then said, 'I suppose you want to see my [euphemism for penis],' and proceeded to unzip his pants.

She claims she then began to cry and that Seagal stopped what he was doing and apologized.

Later, she says she lost her job on the film.

Grant said: 'What actress should be brought to someone's bedroom on the first meeting and then be told to take their top off?'

Seagal, speaking through his legal team, told the BBC in a statement: 'Our client denies having such contact with Ms Grant and further vehemently denies any alleged assault at all, in particular, the alleged assault occurring in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2002.'

Grant, who appeared as Peaceful in the Pierce Brosnan-starring James Bond film Die Another Day in 2002, said she came forward after being encouraged by the #MeToo movement.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating at least one claim of sexual assault against Seagal, Variety reported last week.

The alleged incident occurred in 2005; further details have not been forthcoming.

The action star has been accused of misconduct by four of his own assistants and actresses including Katherine Heigl, Jenny McCarthy, Portia de Rossi and Julianna Margulies.

One actress, Regina Simons, told The Wrap that Seagal raped her at his California home in 1983.

Seagal has starred in dozens of action films since the 1980s, perhaps most notably 'Under Siege' which debuted in 1992 and made $80million in North America.

He is quite outspoken politically and befriended Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who gave him Russian citizenship in 2016. 



For this action and for remarks he has made about Russian militancy, the action star has been banned in Ukraine.</s>Simone Biles Says Larry Nassar Sexually Assaulted Her Too

Simone Biles says she was also sexually assaulted by Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar -- and is now ready to go public with her story.

The 20-year-old phenom -- who was a key member of the 2016 gold medal winning Olympics team -- issued a statement saying, "I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassar."

"Please believe me when I say it was a lot harder to first speak those words out loud than it is now to put them on paper."

"There are many reasons that I have been reluctant to share my story, but I know now it is not my fault."

"This behavior is completely unacceptable, disgusting, and abusive, especially coming from someone whom I was TOLD to trust."

"As I continue to work through the pain, I kindly ask everyone to respect my privacy. This is a process, and one that I need more time to work through."

Biles is the latest athlete to come forward with allegations against Nassar -- joining stars like McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas. There are reportedly more than 100 victims.

Back in November, Nassar pled guilty to 7 counts of criminal sexual conduct. The sentencing phase of the case begins on Tuesday. He has already been sentenced to 60 years in prison for child porn.</s>Eliza Dushku, in an emotional Facebook post, reports that she was molested by stunt coordinator Joel Kramer while filming True Lies when she was 12 years old.

The actress says she told several people about the alleged assault at the time, but no one, including herself, “seemed ready to confront [the] taboo subject.” She also says that soon after the incident she suffered broken ribs in a stunt under Kramer’s supervision.

The actress, who is now 37, writes, “Hollywood has been very good to me in many ways. Nevertheless, Hollywood also failed to protect me, a child actress.”

Kramer, who most recently worked on last year’s Blade Runner 2049, denies the claim.

True Lies director James Cameron says he was unaware of the allegations, but if he had known “there would have been no mercy.”

Jamie Lee Curtis, who played Eliza’s mother in the 1994 action flick, published an essay Sunday in the HuffPost about the revelation saying, “Eliza’s story has now awakened us from our denial slumber to a new, horrific reality. The abuse of children.”

Joel Kramer had continued to work on big Hollywood films up until last year. He’s been dropped as a client by his agency, Worldwide Production Agency.</s>A judge is holding an extraordinary four-day sentencing hearing for a disgraced American sport doctor who sexually assaulted young elite gymnasts.

Larry Nassar is returning to court today in Lansing, Michigan.

On Monday, Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said she was among the athletes sexually abused by Nassar.

Dozens of women and girls who were victims will be allowed to speak at the hearing and Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is expected to order a sentence on Friday.

Nassar pleaded guilty to molesting females with his hands at his Michigan State University office, his home and a Lansing-area gymnastics club. He also worked for USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.

The Michigan attorney general's office is seeking at least 40 years in prison for the 54-year-old Nassar. He's already been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography crimes.</s>An elderly woman was allegedly sexually assaulted Sunday when after suspect came to the woman’s door asking for water, according to the Stockton Police Department.

The sexual assault of the 75-year-old woman occurred at 2400 block of Marsh St. Park District.

After the woman let the suspect in for a drink of water, the suspect struck her several times and began to sexually assault her, before fleeing when she started screaming, according to police.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in 20’s. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, red sweat pants, and black and white shoes at the time of the alleged assault, officials said.</s>attends the alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet and Neiman Marcus present See-Now-Buy-Now Runway Show at NeueHouse Los Angeles on April 13, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

The 1994 megamovie from Jim Cameron had all the elements of a great action movie: the star of the era, Arnold Schwarzenegger; good chemistry with his costars Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold; and amazing stunts.

Turns out the man responsible for making all those stunts happen wasn’t such a great guy, according to widespread reports.

Then a child star who played Schwarzenegger’s daughter, Eliza Dushku accused Kramer over the weekend of sexually molesting her during the off hours. The actress alleges Kramer, who has gone on to work on many films, lured her to his Miami hotel room and assaulted her. She was 12, he was 36.



That’s not all. Dushku also claims that after the incident to an adult (her legal guardian Sue Booth-Forbes told Deadline she “reported” the behavior to an authority).

Remember in one of the final scenes when she is hanging off the Harrier jet that Schwarzenegger is piloting over downtown Miami? Well, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star says Kramer intentionally rigged the stunt so that she would get hurt, breaking her ribs. “Whereas he was supposed to be my protector, he was my abuser,” Dushku continued in the post.

Though he initially tried to deny any wrongdoing, now reports surface that more allegations against Kramer are coming to light.

Two more women allege he behaved badly with them when they were underaged as well.

That movie will never be the same to us. Ew.
American actress Eliza Dushku says she was sexually assaulted by a stuntman when she was 12 years old.