I think the psychological consequences have to be understood. They’reĬlearly not feeling what this could mean for the person down the line. Some education and pull some men who would otherwise go down that pathĪ lot of it has to come from some kind of lack of empathy. Position of power and he’s got a piece missing and doesn’t understand This shit has been going on since Day One. Not a reckoning for Hollywood, it’s not just a reckoning for America, Great moment in history, unfortunately it’s founded on personal It’s one of the things we do and do well. Shine a spotlight on it as it historically has done on a lot of We all collectively as a human race have to do that. There’s no shameĪround it and there will be consequences. That mechanism is there and that it’s encouraged. That theyįeel safe and that nyone who might be a predator or an abuser knows Hollywood-to create a safe avenue for people to speak up. That going forward it’s important for all industries-certainly Was happening under our noses and we didn’t know about it. Party-not well, he hasn’t worked for me since then. It’s just heartbreaking that it happened to her. Louder voice when they come forward so bravo for them for doing it. Victims 10, 15, 20 years ago are famous today so they get to have a Because Hollywood deals with-women who were I think this has been endemic throughout human systems, Think all the women are who are speaking up. Obviously, Eliza is very brave for speaking up. I haven’t given a lot of thought to this specific situation because I In November, he told Vanity Fair, “I remember almost getting in a fight with Harvey Weinstein and hitting him with my Oscar,” and acknowledges that, in retrospect, there are many in Hollywood “that would’ve preferred I had played through on that one.” Hands of those who called the shots and would stop at nothing toĬameron has yet to speak out in a broader context on the wave of sexual assault allegations upending the industry he’s worked in for over 30 years except to briefly relay a story of nearly coming to blows with Harvey Weinsten at the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony over a matter unrelated to sexual assault. Their jobs if they pressed the issue because all the power lay in the Those who knew didn’t know what to doĪnd were far enough down the pecking order to be afraid of losing I tried to keep Joel away from her as did others working on the set,īut because of all the stunts she had to do, he was constantly Telling that person anything they didn’t already know. I was met with blank stares and had the sense that I wasn’t Inappropriate sexual behavior towards 12-year-old Eliza to a person inĪuthority. I was on the True Lies set for 3 weeks and reported Joel Kramer’s In her Facebook post, Dushku detailed a disturbing encounter where Kramer allegedly took her back to his hotel room and lay and “rubbed” on top of her “catatonic body” until he “finished.” Kramer called her account “atrocious lies” and denied her claim that he gave her the nickname of “Jailbait.” The actress writes: As executives from FX, CW, Showtime, and more grappled publicly (or not) with the fallout of doing business with disgraced and accused powerful men, Cameron was asked to weigh in on what Dushku alleges happened on his film set 24 years ago and, more broadly, the “reckoning” in Hollywood. The subject turned eventually to Dushku.Ī high percentage of the panels at the two-week press tour have dealt, at some point, with the wave of sexual misconduct allegations rocking Hollywood. Less than 24 hours later, True Lies director James Cameron took the stage at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour to promote his new AMC series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction. When reached by phone for comment, Kramer denied her account. Late Friday night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Bring It On actress Eliza Dushku wrote a lengthy, detailed post on Facebook accusing stunt coordinator Joel Kramer of sexually molesting her during the production of True Lies when she was 12 years old, and he was 36.
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