He creeped me out and sexualized everything in fact that was the atmosphere of the set the entire time I was there. So much about her journey since then can be explained by her feeling powerless to protect herself and prevent his abusing her. I am so proud of Eliza for writing her eloquent, accurately detailed account of the trauma she suffered at his hands. It has been 25 years, and I am grateful for the current efforts to stop this madness. Those who knew didn’t know what to do and were far enough down the pecking order to be afraid of losing their jobs if they pressed the issue because all the power lay in the hands of those who called the shots and would stop at nothing to protect each other. I tried to keep Joel away from her as did others working on the set, but because of all the stunts she had to do, he was constantly involved with her and her body. Surely they have medical records somewhere to prove that. I was at the hospital and can verify that she was hurt and in pain with breaks/cracks to her ribs. I was met with blank stares and had the sense that I wasn’t telling that person anything they didn’t already know. I was on the True Lies set for 3 weeks and reported Joel Kramer’s inappropriate sexual behavior towards 12-year-old Eliza to a person in authority. I was her legal guardian and took seriously my need to have her in my sight at all times, which was often difficult to do. “Nevertheless, Hollywood also failed to protect me, a child actress.” In her emotional post, Buffy The Vampire alumna Dushku details the alleged sexual assault by Kramer and talks about the impact it has had on her and the role played by the people in power who could’ve prevented it but didn’t. “Hollywood has been very good to me in many ways,” she wrote. He is a pedophile, and he must face the consequences.” “But this time I am refusing to allow myself to be intimidated,” Booth-Forbes said. “ Joel Kramer did what Eliza said he did. She shared with Deadline that she is concerned about what impact her statement exposing “unscrupulous, powerful, narcissistic, men without boundaries” would have on her, her reputation, and her business. “May Eliza be believed and supported and may her courage in telling her truth make a contribution to the sea change that is in progress,” Booth-Forbes said.īooth-Forbes has since expanded on her comments. He alleges that the mishap had only left the actress a “little bruised.”īooth-Forbes hails her former charge for speaking out and becoming part of the force behind Hollywood’s reckoning on sexual misconduct. In her post, former Dollhouse star Dushku claims that, soon after Kramer had assaulted her in a hotel room, she suffered broken ribs in a stunt gone wrong under Kramer’s supervision. She also said that she unsuccessfully tried to keep Kramer away from the young actress on a set ruled by “misogyny” and that she accompanied Dushku to the hospital after a stunt accident had left her with broken ribs.
“ Eliza Dushku is telling the truth,” said Booth-Forbes who added that she was on the set of True Lies for three weeks and reported Kramer’s misconduct but nothing happened. Rex/Shutterstockīooth-Forbes, now Director of Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat, provided her account to Deadline that backs Dushku’s accusations against Kramer.
In True Lies, Dushku played the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis’ characters. Dushku’s brother, Aaron Dushku, told Deadline, “I support my sister and believe it all to be true.” A political science professor, her job prevented her from accompanying her daughter. Her claims, denied by Kramer, are being confirmed by Sue Booth-Forbes, who was Dushku’s legal guardian on the set of the film.ĭushku’s mother, Judith Ann Rasmussen, also confirmed Dushku’s story in a Facebook post.
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UPDATED with Sue Booth-Forbes’s full statement: Actress Eliza Dushku earlier today accused famed stunt coordinator Joel Kramer of sexually molesting her when she was 12 years old during filming of True Lies.
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