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Steven Seagal unzipped his pants during audition with Portia De Rossi

Hollywood actress Portia de Rossi has accused Steven Seagal of inappropriate sexual behavior.

In a tweet on Wednesday, she recounted her final audition for a film Seagal had a part in.

After telling her “how important it was to have chemistry off-screen,” Seagal unzipped his pants, de Rossi recalled.

De Rossi said that when she told her agent, the agent was “unfazed” and replied that she hadn’t known if Seagal was de Rossi’s “type.”

This interaction perhaps says less about the agent than it does about how open of a secret it was that some of Hollywood’s high-powered men have been getting away with sexual harassment.

Actress Julianna Margulies also detailed her own frightening experience with Seagal when she was 23.

In an interview on SiriusXM’s “Just Jenny,” she recalled how a casting agent had talked her into going to Seagal’s apartment late at night to read a scene.

“He made sure that I saw his gun, which I’d never seen a gun in real life,” Margulies said.

“I got out of there unscathed. … I don’t know how I got out of that hotel room. … I sort of squirmed my way out.”

He also used coded language with her that was clearly sexual in nature, she said.

“It always starts with, ‘I’m a healer, I wanna massage you,'” Margulies said.

Last month, ″Inside Edition” correspondent and actress Lisa Guerrero said she was repeatedly pressured to audition alone with Seagal at his home for a role in the 1997 movie “Fire Down Below.”

When she arrived at his home for the audition, he opened the door clad only in a silk robe, she told Newsweek.

Seagal is the latest in a long string of male media personalities to face sexual harassment allegations in recent weeks, joining Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein; journalists Mark Halperin, Leon Wieseltier, and NPR editor Michael Oreskes; film director James Toback; Amazon studio executive Ray Price; and actor Kevin Spacey.

De Rossi’s story is just one of many examples of the abuse of power that has become rampant in Hollywood.

Seagal, who has not yet responded to de Rossi’s allegations, has a long history of controversial behavior.

He has been accused of domestic violence, animal abuse, and making racially insensitive comments.

The allegations against Seagal come at a time when the entertainment industry is still grappling with the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Since the allegations against Weinstein first came to light, a flood of other accusations have been leveled against some of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

In response to the wave of allegations, many in Hollywood have called for change.

Actress Rose McGowan has been one of the most vocal critics of the industry’s handling of sexual harassment, and has been leading a campaign to bring more attention to the issue.

Other organizations have also stepped up their efforts to combat harassment and abuse in Hollywood.

The Screen Actors Guild has launched a new initiative to provide resources and support to actors who have been subjected to harassment, and has also vowed to take a more active role in investigating allegations of abuse.

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