Wait, the writer is accusing him of hitting on her...that is still categorically different from groping, right? Hitting on someone and being wrong about their level of interest is still not de facto harassment? Just making sure. Having a hard time keeping track at this point.
If he respectfully asked her out after the meeting and she said "no" and that was end of it - no harassment. Repeatedly and aggressively *during* a business meeting is harassment. At the very least it's disrespectful bad behavior that you can expect people to talk about, when asked specifically about your experience working with that person
@5, @6: What are you, creating policy for a corporate HR department? This wasn't, like, a PM going over a spec review with an IT manager in a conference room or something. it's two creative people who live and breathe their work, operating in a much more fluid interpersonal environment. Furthermore, Hoffman is an actor who was spending 95% of his waking hours working with other film professionals. I imagine in that environment, those other film professionals are, effectively, your dating pool. Meanwhile, his stature is such that most anyone he came into contact with in his universe could be considered a "subordinate" of a kind. So what's he supposed to do, only hit on other actors at least as famous as he is? If a female studio producer with more clout and power than Hoffman hit on him, would that be OK? How the hell can you ever be totally sure of "clear interest" in any environment ever?
Maybe he is a lecherous asshole/CPOS, I don't know. But this shit is complicated, and I'm getting a little tired of people declaring absolute right and wrong about specific situations they know nothing about.
@9 Hey, give @7 some credit. He was giving context to a complex issue, here. I mean, here's a highly successful, Academy Award winning 38 year old actor; it is incredibly difficult for someone like to find a potential mate. The dating pool is so small, because there are so very few women who would be interested in someone like that. That's why he had to make constant lewd comments to a 17 year old girl. And for all his hard work, the endless pestering of questions about her sex life, the poor guy didn't even get laid. Give the man a break.
I hope we see video of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZNuh0xx…
Period.
If it’s a social function and there is clear interest, fine. If they say no then that’s it. Forget it and move on.
Maybe he is a lecherous asshole/CPOS, I don't know. But this shit is complicated, and I'm getting a little tired of people declaring absolute right and wrong about specific situations they know nothing about.
Here's what he is accused of. It's not asking for a date, end of story. (There might be other accusations, I'm not keeping track.)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/featur…