Veteran actor Mogran Freeman, who is considered as one of the most respected performers in Hollywood, has been accused by a fellow co-worker of sexually harassment.
A production assistant accused the actor of harassing her for months during the shoot of the bank robbery scene in the comedy film Going In Style, which also starred Michael Caine and Ala Arkin.
According to a report in the BBC, she claims that the 80-year-old actor touched her repeatedly, tried to lift her skirt and asked if she was wearing underwear.
The production assistant is one of the eight women to tell CNN that they had been the victims of harassment at the hands of Freeman.
“When Alan Arkin made a comment telling him to stop. Morgan got freaked out and didn’t know what to say,” the victim told CNN.
The Million Dollar Baby actor went on to clarify by apologising “anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected”.
“Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy. Making women feel uncomfortable was never my intent,” Freeman said in statement.
Meanwhile another woman came forward to further discuss about the instructions everyone received during the shoot of the 2013 film You See Me Now, which also had Freeman in a pivotal role.
“Staff knew not to wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that would show our bottoms or any close fittings clothes if Morgan was around,” the woman said.
Freeman is the latest high-profile Hollywood figure to be accused of sexual harassment after allegations of sex assaults by producer Harvey Weinstein shook the entire Hollywood industry with shocking revelations in 2017.