Morgan Freeman apologized on Thursday after eight women told CNN the 80-year-old actor had sexually harassed them or behaved inappropriately while on the job.
“Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy,” Freeman said in a statement :
“I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected — that was never my intent.”
One production assistant working in 2015 with Freeman on the movie Going In Style told CNN she had been harassed for months by the Oscar-winning actor with comments about her figure and clothing. She said Freeman would also rest his hand on, or even rub, her lower back.
“[Freeman] kept trying to lift up my skirt and asking if I was wearing underwear,” the woman, who was not identified, told CNN.
“He did comment on our bodies,” said another woman who worked on the 2013 film Now You See Me. “We knew that if he was coming by … not to wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that would show our bottoms.”