Eliza Dushku has said she was molested on the set of True Lies, aged just 12-years-old.
The actress revealed the shocking claim in a lengthy Facebook post that well-known Hollywood stunt coordinator Joel Kramer “groomed” her took her to his hotel room.
Eliza also claims after she told people what happened began being “cold” with her, and she ended up breaking her ribs when a stunt went wrong.
Saying that Joel was in charge of her safety, Eliza added that he kept referring to her as “jail bait”.
Joel has denied the claims, read her full statement below:
After her statement went viral, director James Cameraon, who directed True Lies, praised the actress for speaking out, and said he had no idea this had happened to her.
“Eliza is very brave for speaking up and I think all the women who are speaking up and calling for a reckoning now. I think that has been an endemic through human systems, not just Hollywood, but because Hollywood deals with women who are victims 10, 15, 20 years ago who are famous today, so they get to have a louder voice when they come forward. So bravo to them for doing it. And I am glad Eliza did that.”
“It’s just heartbreaking that it happened to her. And I know the other party. Not well, he hasn’t worked for me since then.
“But the fact that this was happening under our noses and we didn’t know about, I think going forward it’s important for all industries, certainly Hollywood, to create a safe avenue for people to speak up.
“That they feel safe, and that anyone that might be a predator or an abuser knows that the mechanism is there and it’s encouraged and that there is no shame around it and that there will be consequences,” he added.
