Another Case of Sexual Abuse Trauma - Eliza Dushku Accuses Joel Kramer of Sexual Molestation
The famous Stunt
coordinator Joel Kramer has been dropped by his talent agency after
Eliza Dusku who worked
with him on the 1994 movie True Lies, said publicly that he had
sexually molested her when she was 12.
Kramer, also
known for his work on a slew of other films starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger, as well as shows like Westworld and Star
Trek: Discovery, had denied the allegations, which the actress had
made in a Facebook post on Saturday. He told The Hollywood Reporter the
accusations were "atrocious lies" and claimed he never spent
time with her alone.
"We
took care of her like she was our kid," he told THR. "I don't
ever remember being alone with her. 'Luring' her up to my hotel room is
just crazy." He then called the sexual assault allegation "just
untrue." In addition, Kramer said he and his team did "everything we
can to make sure everybody is safe" when it came to performing stunts.
Meanwhile, Jamie
Lee Curtis, who played Dushku's mother in True Lies, wrote in
a Huffington Post op-ed on Sunday that the actress had
shared her story with her privately a few years ago, adding, "I
was shocked and saddened then and still am today."
"Many
of us involved in True Lies were parents," Curtis wrote in her op-ed.
"Jim, Arnold and myself - Parents of daughters. What allegedly happened to
Eliza, away from the safety net of all of us and our purview is a terrible,
terrible thing to learn about and have to reconcile."
In her
original post, the 37-year-old actress said she had talked about Kramer's
alleged behavior with her parents, one of her brothers and two adult friends,
one of whom she said came out to the set to visit and face Kramer. Her then-agent
JoAnne Colonna told Deadline in an interview posted on
Sunday that she was that person.
See her facebook post below:
Another Case of Sexual Abuse Trauma - Eliza Dushku Accuses Joel Kramer of Sexual Molestation
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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