{"id":118205,"date":"2017-10-22T06:54:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=118205"},"modified":"2017-10-22T06:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T14:54:59","slug":"lat-more-than-30-women-come-forward-to-accuse-director-james-toback-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=118205","title":{"rendered":"LAT: More than 30 women come forward to accuse director James Toback of sexual harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Times<\/a>: He prowled the streets of Manhattan looking for attractive young women, usually in their early 20s, sometimes college students, on occasion a high schooler. He approached them in Central Park, standing in line at a bank or drug store or at a copy center while they worked on their resumes.<\/p>\n

His opening line had a few variations. One went: \u201cMy name\u2019s James Toback. I\u2019m a movie director. Have you ever seen \u2018Black and White\u2019 or \u2018Two Girls and a Guy\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Probably not. So he\u2019d start to drop names. He had an Oscar nomination for writing the Warren Beatty movie \u201cBugsy.\u201d He directed Robert Downey Jr., in three movies. The actor, Toback claimed, was a close friend; he had \u201cinvented him.\u201d If you didn\u2019t believe him, he would pull out a business card or an article that had been written about him to prove he had some juice in Hollywood. That he could make you a star.<\/p>\n

But first, he\u2019d need to get to know you. Intimately. Trust him, he\u2019d say. It\u2019s all part of his process.<\/p>\n

Then, in a hotel room, a movie trailer, a public park, meetings framed as interviews or auditions quickly turned sexual, according to 38 women who, in separate interviews told the Los Angeles Times of similar encounters they had with Toback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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