The actor Dustin Hoffman has been charged with sexual assault against a girl when she was 17 years old. Anna Graham Hunter, now an author, claims she was groped on several occasions by the actor while she worked as assistant producer on the 1985 film Death Of A Salesman.
Hoffman, now 80, is said to have spoken openly about sex with the then 17-year-old, and allegedly told her that she wanted a "Hard-boiled egg and a soft-boiled clitoris" when she took her breakfast order.
She claims the actor grabbed her bottom on multiple occasions, despite her slapping her hand away and telling him she was a "Dirty old man".
Writing for Hollywood Reporter, Hunter said: "At 49, I understand what Dustin Hoffman did as it fits into the larger pattern of what women experience in Hollywood and everywhere." He was a predator, I was a boy, and this was sex harassment.
"Diary entries she shared from the time also suggested she told another assistant that she wanted her" right breast "for lunch.
In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, Hoffman said: "I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in a discomfort situation.
"Since allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced, Jeremy Piven and Kevin Spacey have also been accused of sexual harassment by men and women in Hollywood.
Piven has denied the allegations against him - describing them as "appalling".
In response to claims made by Anthony Rapp, Spacey issued a apology and said he did not remember the incident, which was alleged to have happened in 1986 .
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