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Michael Douglas Accuser Details Alleged Sexual Harassment Incidents — Douglas Denies Allegations

Jan 19, 2018  •  Post A Comment

A woman who was hired to run Michael Douglas’ production company in the late 1980s has accused the actor/producer of sexual harassment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The accuser’s name is Susan Braudy, according to the story, which is written by THR editorial director Matthew Belloni.

The story says that Braudy “claimed she was subjected to sexual harassment by Douglas that included near-constant profane and sexually charged dialogue, demeaning comments about her appearance, graphic discussions regarding his mistresses and more. The most traumatizing experience, she said, took place during a one-on-one script meeting in his apartment, during which Douglas masturbated in her presence, prompting her to run home crying.”

Earlier this month Douglas heard that THR was working on this story, and in an article published by Deadline.com on Jan. 9 he went public about the allegations against him, more than a week before THR published both the allegations and the name of Douglas’ accuser.

Douglas told Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline last week, “I felt the need to get ahead of this. It pertains to me but I’m also getting a sense of how it reflects in our culture, and what is going on today. I see it as a cautionary tale. … I got a message from my attorney that The Hollywood Reporter wanted to do a story about an employee that worked for me approximately 32 years ago. She claims that, One, I used colorful language in front of her, not at her, but that I used colorful language. Two, she claims that in conversations I had in front of her, on the phone, that I spoke raunchily, or dirtily with friends of mine, in private conversations. I fired her eventually, for the work she was doing, but Three, she claims that I blackballed her from the industry and stopped her from getting another job.

“And then, Four, she claims that I masturbated in front of her. … I remembered this woman: sophisticated, intelligent, good sense of humor. A novelist, who has written books and published novels and was an active feminist, and proud of it. My head was reeling. I just couldn’t put this together. I’ve had no contact with her, in thirty-plus years. I talked to the reporter and said, ‘Listen, as far as using colorful language in front her, I apologize. None of it was directed at her; she didn’t say it was. It was my office and that was the tone that I set and as far as conversations with friends.’

“I work[ed] out of my house, my apartment in New York at the time, to the best of my recollection. As to colorful language, she may have overheard private conversations, and if she was offended, she could have excused herself. As far as blackballing her, that was completely untrue. She was a lady who was involved in development at my company, and we just didn’t have a good development record in the time she was there, so I just moved on. I never blackballed her. If people from the industry called me to ask about her, I would have been honest, but I never blackballed her.

“Finally, masturbating in front of her? I don’t know where to begin. This is a complete lie, fabrication, no truth to it whatsoever.”

To read the entire story about Braudy’s allegations against Douglas, please click here, which will take you to the original THR story. To read Douglas’ full interview with Deadline, please click here.

One Comment

  1. 32 years ago….. sounds more like hunting for Hitler!

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