THEGAYUK

Day: 11 November 2017

  • George Takei responds to sexual groping claims as “personally painful”

    George Takei has hit back at comments made by Scott R. Brunton that he sexually assaulted him in 1981.

    The Star Trek legend George Takei has made a statement following on from allegations made by a former model, Scott R. Brunton that he groped him in 1981.

    Taking to Twitter Takei said,

    I’m writing to respond to the accusations made by Scott R. Bruton. I want to assure you all that I am as shocked and bewildered at these claims as you must feel reading them.

    The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur, and I do not know why he has claimed them now. I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr. Brunton, and I cannot say I do.

    But I do take these claims very seriously, and I wanted to provide my response thoughtfully and not out of the moment.

    Right now it is a he said / he said situation, over alleged events nearly 40 years ago. But those that know me understand that non-consensual acts are so antithetical to my values and my practices, the very idea that someone would accuse me of this is quite personally painful.

    Brad, who is 100 percent beside me on this, as my life partner of more than 30 years and now my husband, stands fully by my side. I cannot tell you how vital it has been to have his unwavering support and love in these difficult times.

    Thanks to many of you for all the kind words and trust. It means so much to us. Yours in gratitude, George

    Brunton made an accusation, which was published by The Hollywood Reporter. THEGAYUK.com reached out Mr Brunton for comment.

  • Gary Goddard “unequivocally” denies molestation allegation

    Gary Goddard’s spokesperson has said that allegations made by actor Anthony Edwards are “false”.

    Former director and Broadway producer Gary Goddard’s spokesperson, Sam Singer, has denied that the Hollywood exec molested actor Anthony Edwards when the ER actor was just 12 years old.

    Writing for Medium, Edwards claimed that Goddard had molested him when he was a pre-teen. In his essay he said,

    “I was molested by Goddard, my best friend was raped by him — and this went on for years. The group of us, the gang, stayed quiet.”

    Goddard’s spokesman, Sam Singer said,

    “As to the allegations that Mr. Edwards made in his post today, I can unequivocally deny them on Gary’s behalf.

    “Gary first met Anthony more than 40 years ago. Gary was a mentor, teacher and a friend to Anthony, which makes this story all the more disturbing to him.”

    He continued: “Gary played an important role in helping start Anthony’s acting career and acted as his personal manager. He has nothing but the greatest respect for Anthony as a person. Gary is saddened by the false allegations.”

    Goddard himself has not issued a statement on social media.

  • Who is Anthony Edwards and What is he famous for?

    Anthony Edwards is an actor who has appeared in countless films and TV shows – but what is he most famous for?

    ER

    Anthony Edwards is probably most famous for his role in ER in which he appeared in from 1994 until 2002 and then again in 2008. All in all, he starred in 181 episodes of the long-running medical drama. He played the character, Dr Mark Greene.

    In 2013 he appeared as Hank Galliston in 10 episodes of the TV series Zero Hour. His biggest film role to date would most likely be Ray “Brains” Hackenbacker in the 2004 Thunderbirds and as Lt Nick “Goose” Bradshaw in the 1986 mega film, Top Gun with Tom Cruise.

    Personal life

    In 1994 he married his wife Jeanine Lobell and together they have four children, one son and three daughters. They live in New York City. Anthony was born in July 1962 which makes him 54/5 in 2017.

    He’s an award-winning actor, who has received a Golden Globe and six  Screen Actors Guild Awards.

    Sexual harassment allegations against Gary Goddard

    In November 2017, Anthony Edwards wrote an essay on the website Medium, alleging that Hollywood director, Broadway producer and theme park designer Gary Goddard sexually assaulted him when he was 12 years old. He claimed that Goddard was a “mentor, teacher and friend” but alleges that he “molested by Goddard”.

    These allegations have been strongly denied by Gary Goddard’s spokesperson who said,

    “Gary first met Anthony more than 40 years ago. Gary was a mentor, teacher and a friend to Anthony, which makes this story all the more disturbing to him. As to the allegations that Mr Edwards made in his post today, I can unequivocally deny them on Gary’s behalf.

    “Gary played an important role in helping start Anthony’s acting career and acted as his personal manager. He has nothing but the greatest respect for Anthony as a person. Gary is saddened by the false allegations.

    “The post by Anthony, as well as many of the news stories today reference a legal claim made against Gary approximately four years ago regarding sexual harassment. The complaint was demonstrated to be fraudulent as it was completely fabricated, and ultimately withdrawn by the complainant and his attorneys”.

     

     

  • Who is Scott R Brunton and What is he famous for?

    Scott R Brunton has been catapulted into the headlines, but who is he and what is he most famous for?

    Ex-model

    Scott R Brunton is a former model, who lived in Hollywood. In the early 80s, he says that he worked as a waiter whilst his career as a commercial actor was still in its infancy. He says he met Star Trek actor, George Takei in Los Angles and the two became friends.

    After Brunton and his boyfriend of the time split up, Brunton recalls that he went to George Takei’s home for a couple of drinks. There is an update to this story now. Read here.

    Acting and modelling history

    Scott R Brunton doesn’t seem to have much in terms of an internet history – he has no IMDB credits under the name of Scott R Brunton or no Wikipedia page.

    He starred in a West Coast Coolers advert which was shot in Ibiza – He also had shoots for Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Harvey Nichols, Harrods and many other print jobs.

    In The Hollywood Reporter, it is stated that Brunton was a commercial actor and a model.

    What is he currently doing?

    Brunton is now self-employed and lives in Oregon with his husband. They married in 2013.

     

  • Fans are demanding that George Takei answer to groping allegations

    George Takei’s own community of fans are demanding that the actor answer to the allegations of groping.

    George Takei’s silence on an alleged sexual harassment claim brought by former model and actor Scott R Brunton has got his Facebook community vexed.

    The community, which has around 10 million users on Facebook have been asking George to make a statement on the claim, in which Brunton says he found himself being groped by the Star Trek legend in 1981 when he was 23 and Takei was in his early 40s, after passing out in the actor’s home.

    Since the allegations dropped in The Hollywood Reporter, Takei has seemingly remained offline and his rep said that she was unable to contact him.

    Fans on the platform have been discussing the claims for hours since the allegations came to light. Many are asking Takei to make a statement.

    Whilst others warned that a “Witch hunt” would begin.

    Others questioned silence coming from the Takei camp

    Others wanted the actor to know that they still loved him.

  • Star Trek actor accused of groping actor in 1981

    Star Trek star, George Takei has been accused of groping an actor in 1981.

    Outspoken LGBT+ advocate and Star Trek icon George Takei has been accused of groping a 23-year-old model and actor, Scott R. Brunton in 1981.

    Brunton spoke out against Takei to The Hollywood Reporter.

    Brunton alleges that after a few drinks at Takei’s home in California, in the early 80s, he fell asleep on a bean bag chair and when he awoke he found his trousers were around his ankles and claims Takei, who was 43 or 44 at the time, was groping him.

    Speaking of the incident he told THR, “‘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.”

    THR reached out to Takei’s rep, Julia Buchwald, who was unable to reach her client for comment when the story broke and said that Takei was travelling to Japan and Austraila and was not available for comment.

    When asked why Brunton was able to allege these activities now, he revealed that he felt that following the Harvey Weinstein allegations his voice would be heard. He said in the past that he felt no one would believe him and that it was “my word against his”.

    However, when Takei spoke out against Spacey during the Rapp allegations, when actor Anthony Rapp claimed that Kevin Space made “sexual advances” to him when he was just 14, Brunton felt it was time to come forward.

    Out of all of this Brunton says he is only looking for an apology saying, “I don’t want anything from him but an apology,

    “I am sure he’ll disown all this, I don’t know, maybe not.”

    We’ll update when and if George Takei makes a statement about these allegations.