{"id":139376,"date":"2017-12-15T02:01:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T07:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=139376"},"modified":"2017-12-15T02:01:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T07:01:34","slug":"dustin-hoffman-accused-of-new-incidents-of-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/15\/dustin-hoffman-accused-of-new-incidents-of-sexual-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Hoffman accused of new incidents of sexual misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dustin Hoffman in Paris at the French premiere of “Quartet” (Photo By Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES — More women are accusing Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct, including an incident in which a playwright says the actor exposed himself to her in a New York hotel room when she was 16-years-old.<\/p>\n

Playwright Cori Thomas described the 1980 incident in a story published Thursday by the trade outlet Variety. She confirmed the story in an email to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Thomas was a classmate of Hoffman’s daughter when she says she met the actor, who invited her to his hotel room to wait for her mother after a dinner with the teenagers. Thomas says after Hoffman’s daughter left, the actor took a shower and came out wearing only a towel, which she told Variety he dropped, exposing herself to him. Hoffman then put on a robe and asked Thomas to massage his feet, Thomas said, and repeatedly asked her if she wanted to see him naked again.<\/p>\n

The Variety report included the account of another woman, Melissa Kester, who said the actor pushed his hand down her pants while they were in a recording studio. The incident occurred while Hoffman was recording music for the film \u201cIshtar,\u201d and happened behind a partition while others, including Kester’s boyfriend, were nearby.<\/p>\n

Hoffman’s publicist and attorney did not return email messages seeking comment Thursday.<\/p>\n

It is the latest allegation of sexual harassment or abuse against the 80-year-old Oscar winner.<\/p>\n

Actress Anna Graham Hunter has alleged that Hoffman groped her and made inappropriate comments when she was a 17-year-old intern on the set of the 1985 TV movie \u201cDeath of a Salesman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoffman said in an earlier statement that the incident \u201cis not reflective of who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report came a week after Hoffman was pointedly questioned about his treatment of women by late-night host John Oliver. Hoffman appeared blindsided by Oliver’s questioning at a panel hosted by Oliver.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy statement emailed to the AP, Thomas wrote of Hunter’s allegations, \u201cI recognized Ms. Hunter’s story as the truth immediately because of the similarities to what happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said attacks on Hunter’s credibility led her to speak to Variety about her experience with Hoffman.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn response to why I’ve stayed quiet for so many years, I have not stayed quiet for so many years, friends and family have been aware of this story for many many years, I just didn’t go to newspapers with the story is all,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAnd I regret that. I realize now, that the reason this continued to happen to others, was because of my silence, and I feel guilty about that but I hadn’t even processed how badly this shamed and hurt me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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