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Actor Tim Allen has responded to explosive accusations that he exposed himself to Pamela Anderson on the set of "Home Improvement" in the 1990s.
What is the accusation?
Anderson's forthcoming memoir — "Love, Pamela" — details the creepy accusation.
According to Variety, Anderson claims in her book that on the first day of filming for "Home Improvement," the hit sitcom that aired from 1991 to 1999, Allen exposed himself because Anderson had appeared in Playboy.
Anderson claims in her book:
On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even. I laughed uncomfortably.
At the time of the alleged incident, Anderson was just 23 years old. "Home Improvement" was one of Anderson's earliest TV credits; she played Lisa the Tool Girl, who assisted Tim Taylor, played by Allen, and Al Borland, played by Richard Karn, on a show-within-a-show "Tool Time," which featured Tim and Al as they demonstrated various home-improvement projects.
Anderson only appeared on "Home Improvement" for 23 episodes. Instead, she reached stardom after being cast as a regular on "Baywatch."
How did Allen respond?
Allen, who would have been 37 years old at the time of the alleged incident, unequivocally denied Anderson's accusations.
"No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing," he told Variety.
Anderson, however, insists that it did.
"This true story is just one of many surreal and uncomfortable situations I learned to navigate," Anderson said in a statement. "My book goes into how it made me feel over the course of my life and, in this case, my career. I have no ill will toward Tim. But like the rest, it should never have happened."
Anderson's book is set to release on Jan. 31.
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Actor Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges in UK
Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty in U.K. court Thursday to charges of sexually assaulting three men at least a decade ago.
Spacey, 62, entered the plea at a hearing at London's Central Criminal Court, the Associated Press reported.
The famous actor — best known for his roles in "The Usual Suspects" and "American Beauty," as well as the hit Netflix series "House of Cards" — was charged with four counts of sexual assault in May and one count of "causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent."
Spacey has denied all of the charges against him.
The assaults allegedly happened in London between March 2005 and August 2008 and one in western England in April 2013. During this time, Spacey was serving as the artistic director for London's Old Vic theater.
The alleged male victims are now in their 30s and 40s.
At a preliminary hearing in June, Spacey's attorney Patrick Gibbs said the actor "strenuously denies any and all criminality in this case." The presiding judge then granted Spacey bail and permitted him to return to the United States.
After deliberation on Thursday, Justice Mark Wall set a trial date of June 6, 2023. Spacey was permitted to remain on unconditional bail until then, allowing him to freely move in and out of the U.K. until his trial.
The scandal-plagued actor has said he is "confident" he will be able to prove his innocence in court.
Spacey's career went into turmoil beginning in 2017, when fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of making sexual advances towards him at a party in the 1980s, when Rapp was just 14 years old. Spacey said at the time that he didn't remember the alleged incident, but he apologized for "deeply inappropriate drunken behavior."
However, shortly thereafter, filmmaker Tony Montana claimed that Spacey had groped him at a bar in Los Angeles in 2003. And Mexican actor Roberto Cavazos then alleged that Spacey would frequent the Old Vic theater in London, where he would "squeeze whoever caught his attention."
That year, the Old Vic acknowledged it had received 20 allegations against Spacey that spanned "a range of inappropriate behavior" while he was employed as artistic director.
These allegations against Spacey came at the height of the #MeToo movement, after disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's predatory behavior was exposed. Spacey was subsequently written out of the final season of "House of Cards," and his role in Ridley Scott's 2017 film "All the Money in the World" was cut out of the film, while he was replaced by Christopher Plummer.
Ex-Media Matters employee alleges colleagues covered up sexual misconduct, refuses to retract claims after lawsuit threat
A former employee of the left-wing watchdog group Media Matters for America accused his ex-colleagues of covering up a sexual misconduct incident in social media posts Monday.
Timothy Johnson, formerly a senior writer at Media Matters, was threatened with a lawsuit from his former employer over a Twitter thread in which Johnson said that an editorial director at the group "covered up for a man who preyed on our colleagues."
The thread began with Johnson announcing, "After about 10 years, I no longer work at Media Matters."
In a lengthy and at times vague series of tweets, Johnson alleged that Media Matters editorial director Ben Dimiero covered up sexual misconduct by another unnamed employee who is no longer working for the group.
"I am very very fortunate in my circumstances that I did not end up on the street the next day as a consequence of what my former boss @bendimiero did. I bet a lot of people would have," Johnson wrote.
"My experience has been that the vast, vast majority of past colleagues at the @mmfa, even including most executives and managers, were wonderful, kind people to work with.
"But you two clowns? I don’t think so. Do either of you want to talk about April 4? I doubt it," he continued, referencing an unknown incident.
"Ben: Do you want to talk about how you covered up for a man who preyed on our colleagues?" Johnson wrote, addressing Dimiero.
\u201cThis man suddenly resigned. And to my shame, I went out with him after work that day and we all got really drunk. He told me a sob story, I bought it, and the night ended with him being carried up to his apartment.\u201d— Tim Johnson (@Tim Johnson) 1654518577
He continued:
This man suddenly resigned. And to my shame, I went out with him after work that day and we all got really drunk. He told me a sob story, I bought it, and the night ended with him being carried up to his apartment.
Not too long later, I learned the truth of why he 'resigned.' He was dismissed because of his sexual misconduct. But only after years of people in authority positions knowing about what he was doing.
He apparently was still allowed to come into the office (to participate in a poker game). I ran into him on the street, just outside the office, a month or two later after I learned this. He gave me a friendly hello.
I didn’t reciprocate. I hope (I am no stranger to beating the fuck out of a predator) that I put the fear of god into him. The smirk on his face didn’t last long. I heard he didn’t come back to the office after that. I never saw him again, I hope he never did come by again.
I am ashamed that I did not share this publicly until now. It most likely makes me a clown myself. But brass tacks, I didn’t, and I’m sorry.
Later on Monday morning, Johnson posted screenshots of a letter he received from Media Matters attorney Ben Stafford informing him that he had breached a contract negotiating the end of his employment. The letter stated that Johnson was fired for cause. Media Matters demanded that he "immediately remove the Twitter thread you posted this morning about MMFA and your former manager."
\u201cUpdate: Media Matters (@mmfa) is threatening to sue me for doing this thread. Every statement within the thread is true. https://t.co/pOHdN9lcUa\u201d— Tim Johnson (@Tim Johnson) 1654566314
Stafford wrote that Johnson had been fired for "abandoning work shifts" without proper notice and "insubordinate and bullying communications" sent to his coworkers. As part of the agreement ending Johnson's employment, he was not to "directly or indirectly, disparage MMFA, its officers, directors, or employees, or MMFA's business, and will not encourage any third parties to do so."
"You have unquestionably violated this obligation," the letter states. It called the accusation against Dimiero "false and defamatory" and said Johnson's tweets "indisputably disparage both MMFA and a current MMFA employee in clear breach of the Agreement."
The letter states that Media Matters reserves the right to sue Johnson for monetary damages if he did not delete his tweets by close of business Monday.
Johnson's thread is still on Twitter as of Tuesday. He maintains "every statement within the thread is true."
Media Matters did not respond to a request for comment.
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