A woman filed a sexual harassment suit against Casey Affleck, 34, in an L.A. court yesterday, claiming the actor-director subjected her to “repeated incidents of offensive conduct” in 2009 while she worked on I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix, Affleck’s documentary about Joaquin Phoenix that was recently picked up for distribution by Magnolia Pictures. Among the allegations, Amanda White says Affleck tried to force her to stay in a hotel room with him and asked her to look at another crew member’s genitals. In the suit, White also claims that because she didn’t participate in the “sexual advances,” she was never paid her for her work on the film. White is seeking at least $2 million in damages for sexual harassment and retaliation, amongst other claims. Flemmy Productions is also named in the filing.
In response, Affleck’s lawyer, Michael J. Plonsker, told EW: “The allegations brought upon our clients are preposterous and without merit. Ms. White was terminated from the production over a year ago. She and her lawyers believe that this maliciously and erroneously filed complaint will cause the producers to succumb to her outrageous and baseless demands. She is mistaken. The complaint will be vigorously defended and cross-claims will be filed against her.”
That bish is crazy! Casey Affleck is a saint! A talented, really hot saint!
No, but really… If the claim was made about Joaquin Phoenix, I’d be inclined to believe it.
P.S.- Casey Affleck is hot.
I’m kind of inclined to not believe her, because I feel like if all of this crazy stuff DID go down, I really don’t see Casey Affleck refusing to give her money afterward. I mean, if the stuff is true, that would just be asking for her to go public about it. It sounds to me like she might have felt she was owed some money (which quite possibly could be true), and is going to extreme and dishonest measures to procure it, and possibly then some.
Of course, we should all be aware of the fact that it’s very possible these claims have some merit. I’m sure we’ll find out in the long run.
That being said, I adore Casey Affleck, and I hope for his and his family’s sake that these allegations are false.
Always suspected Casey was a dirtbag, now we know for sure