By , Greg Evans
Published November 01, 2017
Producer and director Brett Ratner is the latest Hollywood powerhouse to be accused of sexual harassment and misconduct. The Los Angeles Times posted an article Wednesday with allegations from six women accusing the Tower Heist director, including accusations from actress Natasha Henstridge.
Ratner, through his attorney Martin Singer, disputed her account to the Times.
The lengthy story begins with Henstridge’s allegation: She was a 19-year-old fashion model and he a music video director in his 20s when, after a small party of friends at his New York apartment, Ratner prevented Henstridge from leaving, forcing her to perform oral sex on him.
"He strong-armed me in a real way," the "Species"' actress told the Times. “He physically forced himself on me. At some point, I gave in and he did his thing."
The Times article details “a range of sexual harassment and misconduct that allegedly took place in private homes, on movie sets or at industry events."
"As is often the case, none of the women reported the allegations to the police,” the Times added.
In a 10-page letter responding to the Times, Singer said: "I have represented Mr. Ratner for two decades, and no woman has ever made a claim against him for sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. Furthermore, no woman has ever requested or received any financial settlement from my client.
Actress Olivia Munn wrote about an incident involving Ratner – she didn’t use his name – in a 2010 memoir, writing that in 2004, while visiting the set of the director’s After the Sunset, Munn delivered a meal to his trailer and he masturbated in front of her.
A year later, on a TV show, Ratner “claimed that he had ‘banged’ her,” the Times reported, “something he later said was not true.” At a Creative Artists Agency party he “boasted of ejaculating on magazine covers featuring her image.”
In addition to Munn and Henstridge, other women quoted in the Times article are:
The L.A. Times article arrives just 10 days after the newspaper broke a similar story about director James Toback, who was accused at that point of harassing 38 women over a span of decades. Glenn Whipp, the Times reporter who broke that story, has said he’s since been contacted by more than 300 woman with accusations against Toback.
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