George Takei accused of sexual assault

[Lion Heart 15,041]

A former model and actor is accusing Star Trek icon George Takei of sexual assault in 1981. The accuser, Scott R. Brunton, who was 23 at the time of the alleged incident, claims that Takei took advantage of him when he was most vulnerable.

"This happened a long time ago, but I have never forgotten it," Brunton tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. "It is one of those stories you tell with a group of people when people are recounting bizarre instances in their lives, this always comes up. I have been telling it for years, but I am suddenly very nervous telling it."

Brunton says he was living in Hollywood in 1981, working as a waiter and beginning a career as a commercial actor and model when he met a 43- or 44-year-old Takei one evening at Greg's Blue Dot bar. The men exchanged numbers and would call one another from time to time as well as run into each other at clubs, Brunton says. When Brunton broke up with his then-boyfriend, he spoke with Takei. "He said, 'Let me know what your new number is' and I did. And not long after we broke up and I moved out, George called me," Brunton recalls.

Takei, as Brunton tells it, invited him to dinner and the theater. "He was very good at consoling me and understanding that I was upset and still in love with my boyfriend," Brunton says. "He was a great ear. He was very good about me spilling my heart on my sleeve."

The two men went back to the actor's condo for a drink the same night. "We have the drink and he asks if I would like another," Brunton recalls. "And I said sure. So, I have the second one, and then all of a sudden, I begin feeling very disoriented and dizzy, and I thought I was going to pass out. I said I need to sit down and he said sit over here and he had the giant yellow beanbag chair. So I sat down in that and leaned my head back and I must have passed out."

"The next thing I remember I was coming to and he had my pants down around my ankles and he was groping my crotch and trying to get my underwear off and feeling me up at the same time, trying to get his hands down my underwear," Brunton says. "I came to and said, 'What are you doing?!' I said, 'I don't want to do this.' He goes, 'You need to relax. I am just trying to make you comfortable. Get comfortable.' And I said, 'No. I don't want to do this.' And I pushed him off and he said, 'OK, fine.' And I said I am going to go and he said, 'If you feel you must. You're in no condition to drive.' I said, 'I don't care I want to go.' So I managed to get my pants up and compose myself and I was just shocked. I walked out and went to my car until I felt well enough to drive home, and that was that."

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[Chic 20,830]

Hollywood needs a serious enema.

[PsychicGuru 1,592]

Oh boy.

This one's gonna hurt.

[NIghtmareElm 2,606]

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?  It's like every week a new story comes out.  Hollywood needs to be a safe place for people that want to enter this industry.  A disgusting pig should never take advantage of people just because he's in a rich and famous position.  I hope the rest will be thrown out of Hollywood and HOPEFULLY the rest are actually good.  I love Hollywood and the culture but this is really disappointing me every week.

[RAMROD 109,709]

Turns out that SJW are not immune to these, guess nobody does, male or female. Nobodys perfect, I guess.

[REALITY 76,887]

If this is true, this is absolutely disgusting. Sad too, cause I love Takei.

[Edonis 28,950]

Yikes if true 

[FRANK1991 3,329]

2017 what an exciting year

everyone exposes everyone, the truth of Hollywood 

[River 117,327]

Disgusting what people can do with a lil bit of power..

[LaLuna 12,732]

I sincerely hope all of these stories are true, because if people start making false allegations just to get attention, then no one's gonna believe the real victims. 

But regardless of whether this is true or not, what a f*cked up place Hollywood is 

[PsychicGuru 1,592]

14 minutes ago, FloatWithME said:

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?  It's like every week a new story comes out.  Hollywood needs to be a safe place for people that want to enter this industry.  A disgusting pig should never take advantage of people just because he's in a rich and famous position.  I hope the rest will be thrown out of Hollywood and HOPEFULLY the rest are actually good.  I love Hollywood and the culture but this is really disappointing me every week.

I feel all these accusations are the result of people finally coming forward from their experiences with celebrities who take advantage of their fame and power. Personally, I would also feel a sense of support and community if I ever went through such an experience at the moment. We're at an age now that fame (finally) does not excuse you from criminal activities.
 

[Eggsy 8,280]

Its hard to say who is telling the truth these days.. it would be a terrible shame to lie about something like this.. 

[Luzaleja 2,138]

 horrible.

I'm glad more people are feeling safe enough to expose abusers, though. 

[Ronk 14,762]

2 minutes ago, ClosetGagaFan said:

Its hard to say who is telling the truth these days.. it would be a terrible shame to lie about something like this.. 

I hope people don't make this stuff up.  I think very few, if any, do.

Btw, I love the way your name is an oxymoron.

[River 117,327]

Funny that people still thinks that there's a chance that they are lying.. you know false accusation are minimal.. and they get nothing in return by telling what happened, they won't get a 10million deal for a trilogy of a blockbuster..