'Arrested Development' star de Rossi alleges that Seagal behaved inappropriately toward her during an audition for one of his films.
Former ‘Arrested Development’ star Portia De Rossi has accused actor and producer Steven Seagal of sexually harassing her during an audition for one of his movies.
The 44 year old Australian-American actress claimed that the Under Seige star unzipped his trousers in front of her during a private audition, and proceeded to lewdly proposition her.
“My final audition for a Steven Seagal movie took place in his office,” de Rossi wrote on Wednesday evening (November 8th) on Twitter. “He told me how important it was to have chemistry off-screen as he sat me down and unzipped his leather pants.”
“I ran out and called my agent. Unfazed, she replied, ‘Well, I didn’t know if he was your type,’” she continued.
Steven Seagal has been accused of sexual harassment by Portia de Rossi
Shortly afterwards, de Rossi’s wife, American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, took to social media to say she was “proud” of her for coming forward.
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Her allegations follow similar accusations made by three other women against Seagal. Last weekend, former ‘ER’ actress Julianna Margulies told SiriusXM that Seagal had summoned her to a late-night audition at his hotel.
“I saw his gun; I had never seen a gun in real life. I got out of there unscathed... I don’t know how I got out of that hotel room. I sorta screamed my way out," she said on Saturday.
Another female star, Lisa Guerrero, alleges that Seagal once conducted an audition with her for the film Fire Down Below in 1996 while wearing only a silk bathrobe; something echoed in yet another allegation made by Rae Dawn Chong for an audition in the 1980s.
65 year old Seagal has not responded to de Rossi’s allegation, nor has he addressed any other previous accusation.
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