Hoffman apologises for sexually harassing teen
Oscar-winning US actor Dustin Hoffman responded yesterday to an allegation of sexual harassment by a teenage intern on a film set more than 30 years ago.
"I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry," he said in a statement.
Hoffman, 80, said behaviour described by Anna Graham Hunter in a first person account for The Hollywood Reporter magazine was "not reflective of who I am".
Hunter alleged in extracts from her 1985 diary and notes to her sister that Hoffman made vulgar remarks and jokes at her expense while she was working as a 17-year-old production assistant on the set of the 1985 TV film Death Of A Salesman.
"He was openly flirtatious, he grabbed my ass, he talked about sex to me and in front of me," Hunter wrote. - REUTERS
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