Yesterday, another Hollywood name was added to the seemingly never-ending list of powerful filmmaking figures who have been accused of sexual harassment.
Six women came forward with allegations that 48-year-old film producer and director Brett Ratner – who once formed a production company with Australian billionaire James Packer – had sexual harassed and assaulted them.
Actress Olivia Munn, 37, told the Los Angeles Times Ratner masturbated in front of her while she was delivering a meal to his trailer on the set of 2004 film After The Sunset.
“He walked out…with his belly sticking out, no pants on, shrimp cocktail in one hand and he was furiously masturbating in the other,” she said.
“And before I literally could even figure out where to escape or where to look, he ejaculated.”
Another actress – Natasha Henstridge – claimed she was just 19 when Ratner forced her to give him oral sex before she was able to leave his house after falling asleep on the couch watching a movie with a group of friends.
Now, a clip of Brett Ratner that featured on Venus and Serena Williams’ 2005 reality series, Venus and Serena: For Real, is making the rounds online, highlighting the director’s strange behaviour.
