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Casey Affleck, previously sued for sexual harassment, drops out of presenting at the Oscars
Source: Vox
Casey Affleck, previously sued for sexual harassment, drops out of presenting at the Oscars
Affleck would have presented the award for Best Actress but has instead opted to step aside.
By Caroline Framke Jan 25, 2018, 3:56pm EST
Casey Affleck will not present the award for Best Actress at this year’s Oscars, according to a new report. Per Deadline, Affleck has informed the Academy that he won’t be attending the ceremony because he “did not want to become a distraction from the focus that should be on the performances of the actresses in the category,” and that he “was in a no-win situation, with all the attention surrounding the #metoo movement.”
This “no-win situation” refers to the fact that Affleck — who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2017 for his role Manchester in the Sea — was sued in 2010 for sexual harassment by two crew members on the set of I’m Still Here, the faux-documentary he directed. As my colleague Constance Grady wrote last year after Affleck’s win:
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Affleck would have presented the award for Best Actress but has instead opted to step aside.
By Caroline Framke Jan 25, 2018, 3:56pm EST
Casey Affleck will not present the award for Best Actress at this year’s Oscars, according to a new report. Per Deadline, Affleck has informed the Academy that he won’t be attending the ceremony because he “did not want to become a distraction from the focus that should be on the performances of the actresses in the category,” and that he “was in a no-win situation, with all the attention surrounding the #metoo movement.”
This “no-win situation” refers to the fact that Affleck — who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2017 for his role Manchester in the Sea — was sued in 2010 for sexual harassment by two crew members on the set of I’m Still Here, the faux-documentary he directed. As my colleague Constance Grady wrote last year after Affleck’s win:
One of his accusers, Amanda White, alleged that Affleck instructed another crew member to flash his penis at her and routinely referred to women as “cows.” She also alleges that Affleck tried to convince her to stay in a hotel room with him, and when she refused, he tried to intimidate her by grabbing her, later sending her a stream of angry and abusive text messages.
The other accuser, Magdalena Górka, described waking up in the middle of the night to find Affleck in bed with her: “He had his arm around her, was caressing her back, his face was within inches of hers and his breath reeked of alcohol.” According to the lawsuit she filed against Affleck, he left the room after she told him multiple times to do so, “slamming the door in anger” — but “she did not know where he had touched her while she was sleeping.”
Both lawsuits were settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
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Read more: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/25/16933954/casey-affleck-oscars-2018-me-too