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HOLLYWOOD IN CRISIS: Oliver Stone Accused Of Sexual Assault

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In the wake of countless bombshell sexual misconduct allegations launched against powerful producer and Democrat mega-donor Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood is beginning to look like a dying star collapsing in on itself.

The fall of Weinstein has exposed a seemingly complicit Hollywood, one in which stars openly crack jokes about the producer’s apparently well-known sexual predation and big-name actors are accused of helping to bury damning stories. Other actors, too, have come out to expose the toxic Hollywood culture, namely former NFL star Terry Crews and Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek. Some stars have even been called out by name, such as Batman actor Ben Affleck, who was forced into an apology for groping actress and former Total Request Live host Hilarie Burton on live air some years ago.

And the hits just keep on coming: Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone is the latest Hollywood elite accused of sexual misconduct. Stone allegedly groped model and actress Carrie Stevens at a Hollywood party.

“When I heard about Harvey, I recalled Oliver walking past me & grabbing my boob as he walked out the front door of a party. Two of a kind!” wrote Stevens on Twitter.

Stone expressed concern for the pre-trial “vigilante” type of condemnation of Weinstein while attending the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, on Thursday.

“I’m a believer that you wait until this thing gets to trial,” said the director. “I believe a man shouldn’t be condemned by a vigilante system. It’s not easy what he’s going through, either. He was a rival and I never did business with him. I’ve heard horror stories from everyone in the business. So I’m not going to comment on that. I’ll wait and see, which is the right thing to do.”

In light of the new developments, Stone took to Facebook on clarify his take: “After looking at what has been reported in many publications over the last couple of days, I’m appalled and commend the courage of the women who’ve stepped forward to report sexual abuse or rape,” he wrote.

Providing a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Stevens explained the incident thusly:

It was at Ted Field’s home years ago, around the time Oliver did JFK. The party was in his honor. Oliver was on his way out; Ted was seeing him to the door. Oliver spied me standing nearby and just reached out and instead of doing what a normal person does and shaking my hand, he just groped my boob and honked it like a horn and grinned and kept walking.

I was humiliated but didn’t want to complain. I didn’t want Ted to think I was ungrateful for the invitation, and I was new on the scene and just navigating my way around Hollywood. I came from the rock’n’ roll scene. Eric Carr from Kiss was my boyfriend and he had just passed away. I met Ted because he produced Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Kiss did the soundtrack, so I met him at the premiere. Ted is a nice guy and he knew I was having a hard time over Eric’s passing so he invited me to his party — last thing I wanted to do was be a trouble maker.

“There are a million reasons girls don’t speak up,” she continued. “Thank God I was never alone with [Stone]. If he’s grab[bing] me like that in front of people, imagine what he would do in private, given the chance.”

She also expressed relief that she “never met Harvey.”

“Unfortunately, I have met many of their kind in this business and it took its toll,” she said. “Unfortunately, I came to believe my body parts were the only thing I had going for me — and so I did Playboy. But I’ll tell you what: I always felt protected and respected by Hef and Playboy Enterprises. I do know Oliver hung out at some parties at the Mansion. Thankfully, I never saw him there. But I can tell you if he ever tried to grab anyone’s boob there, Hef would have had security show him the door.”

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