A Sex Scandal in the Twilight of Steven Seagal
Following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the 65-year-old actor has been accused by a former actress of sexual harassment
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Steven Seagal has been embroiled in a rugged affair at one of the worst moments of his career. Her name has been added to the list of those accused of sexual abuse in a film industry that until now had managed to keep a good handful of scandals underground. With the step to the front taken by more than 30 women against the producer Harvey Weinstein, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow among them, a Pandora's box has been uncovered. Seagal, 65, has been accused by a former actress of imitating Weinstein's procedures, used to receiving actresses in their hotel room in their dressing gowns and trying to take them to bed using blackmail.
The testimony is from Lisa Guerrero, who told Newsweek magazine that Seagal was wearing a silk robe the morning she met him at his Beverly Hills home. Guerrero, now a journalist for the television program Inside Edition, took the precaution of attending accompanied by her. Seagal had him read a portion of the script and was apparently impressed. In fact, a few hours later the actress's publicist informed him that she had been cast as her star. On one condition, that she come to Seagal's that night for a private rehearsal, which she refused.
Her refusal cost him the role. He had to settle for a secondary, appearing in the credit titles as "Blonde Beauty." Also, Seagal didn't give up on her and invited her to join her in her dressing room during filming. "I believe that every woman I know in Hollywood has been 'weinstinized' (using a term in relation to the producer) at some point in her career, if not by him, by someone else," he said. For Seagal it is not the first time. He has had to face sexual harassment lawsuits on several occasions in the past. In 1991 he had to pay $ 50,000 to each of the three women who sued him, employees of Warner Brothers at the time. This new accusation comes very far from the best moment of him. Although he has not stopped working on his genre, the action one, his star has been fading over time. He now figures as an old legend of the medium. With an asterisk, of course.
