Washington (November 1, 2017): Actresses Natasha Henstridge, Olivia Munn and four other women have accused Hollywood director Brett Ratner of sexual harassment.
Ratner who was the director of “Rush Hour” and “X-Men: The Last Stand” among other films, strongly rejected the allegations in a statement.
Henstridge said that she was a 19-year-old fashion model in New York in the early 1990s when Ratner, then a music video director in his early 20s, forced her to perform sex.
“He strong-armed me in a real way. He physically forced himself on me,” said Henstridge, who has appeared in the movies “Species” and “The Whole Nine Yards.”
Henstridge said she was inspired to come forward by the stories of other women who have reported sexual misconduct by powerful Miramax producer Harvey Weinstein and director James Toback.
Munn, who has appeared in the HBO show “The Newsroom” and the movie “Magic Mike,” said that Ratner had masturbated in front of her when she was an aspiring actress on the set of the movie “After the Sunset.”
Munn recounted the incident in a book she wrote but did not then name the director involved. She said the time had come to speak up.
Four other women also recounted stories to the newspaper about Ratner being sexually inappropriate or intimidating.
Ratner, through his attorney, Martin Singer, rejected the accounts.
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