Michael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and producer. Douglas’s career includes a diverse range of films in independent and blockbuster genres, for which he has received a number of accolades, both competitive and honorary.
OSCAR-WINNER Michael Douglas preemptively denied allegations that he once masturbated in front of a female employee and blackballed her from Hollywood, a report said.
The “Fatal Attraction” actor told Deadline Hollywood that he’s been told The Hollywood Reporter was set to publish a story, chronicling alleged misdeeds 32 years ago.
“I don’t know where to begin. This is a complete lie, fabrication, no truth to it whatsoever,” Douglas told
“I felt the need to get ahead of this,” Douglas said. “It pertains to me but I’m also getting a sense of how it reflects in our culture, and what is going on today.”
“I got a message from my attorney that The Hollywood Reporter wanted to do a story about an employee that worked for me approximately 32 years ago.”
“My kids are really upset, has to go to school worrying this is going to be in some article about me, being a sexual harasser. They’re scared and very uncomfortable.”
Douglas admitted he often used profanities in front of his former employee – but had never directed any salty language at her.
Douglas and Deadline didn’t identify the alleged accuser.
“As far as blackballing her, that was completely untrue,” Douglas said.
“She was a lady who was involved in development at my company, and we just didn’t have a good development record in the time she was there, so I just moved on. I never blackballed her. If people from the industry called me to ask about her, I would have been honest, but I never blackballed her.”
The Hollywood Reporter could not immediately be reached for comment and, as of late Tuesday, there were no articles containing allegations against Douglas on its website.
But he apologised for using colourful language in front of her.
“None of it was directed at her; she didn’t say it was. It was my office and that was the tone that I set and as far as conversations with friends,” he told Deadline.
“I work out of my house, my apartment in New York at the time, to the best of my recollection.
“As to colourful language, she may have overheard private conversations, and if she was offended, she could have excused herself.” he said
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