More than 30 women have come forward to accuse Hollywood director James Toback of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the wake of similar accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
According to the LA Times, which published the expose on Sunday, Toback — a lesser-known but still powerful force in Hollywood — preyed on young actresses, forcing them to remove their clothes and perform strange acts while Toback asked them humiliating questions and masturbated.
The women accuse Toback of everything from “dry-humping their legs,” to “masturbating in front of them and ejaculating into his pants or onto their bodies,” the Times reports.
The actresses all seem to have the same story, reporting to the Times that Toback would approach women in parks and restaurants, drop his credentials — and if they didn’t know his movies, the names of big stars he’d worked with — and then invite them back to his hotel room where he’d demand they help him engage in self-satisfaction. Once finished, he’d walk away, “meeting over.”
Read more at the Daily Wire.