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Jenny McCarthy’s horrific encounter with Steven Seagal
Actress and former Playboy model, Jenny McCarthy, has spoken out about her alleged casting-couch encounter with Steven Seagal in 1995.
The actor has been accused of sexual harassment by a number of women, including Arrested Development actress Portia de Rossi and The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies.
McCarthy had previously discussed her experience in a 1998 interview with Movieline.
During her audition for Under Siege 2, McCarthy alleges that Seagal repeatedly told her to remove her dress.
The alleged incident resulted in McCarthy leaving the audition in tears.
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Seagal’s spokesman has denied the claims, stating that McCarthy never auditioned for the role in question and that her claim is “completely false”.
McCarthy has now recounted the event on her Sirius XM show.
She revealed that she wore a muumuu for the audition so that the casting crew would focus on her performance.
However, Seagal was the only person in the room and invited her to sit next to him on a sofa.
McCarthy claims that Seagal repeatedly bragged about himself and mentioned that there would be nudity in the film.
When she told him she knew there wasn’t nudity, McCarthy alleges that Seagal said, “There is off-camera nudity,” and asked her to lower her dress.
McCarthy said that she looked up at him, went from “shocked to sadness” and yelled, “Go buy my Playboy video— it’s on sale for $19.99” before leaving the audition.
Seagal allegedly followed her to her car and told her not to tell anyone “or else”.
McCarthy said that she was the last girl to audition that day and questioned how many others had been asked to remove their clothes or do more.
The actor has been accused of sexual harassment by other women.
Actress Rae Dawn Chong claims that Seagal “forced himself” on her in a hotel room in the 1980s.
Lisa Guerrero, a reporter for Inside Edition, also claimed that Seagal harassed her during an audition for the film Fire Down Below.
Seagal has not responded to the latest allegations.
However, his lawyer previously stated that the actor denies “any allegation of sexual assault”.
The accusations against Seagal follow a wave of allegations of sexual harassment and assault made against Hollywood figures, including Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Louis CK.
