Et Tu, Jimmy Fallon?
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https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/horatio-sanz-lawsuit-groped-teen-fan-1235040848/
Former “Saturday Night Live” star Horatio Sanz was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday accusing him of grooming a fan from the age of 15, giving her alcohol, and then groping her against her will when she was 17.
The plaintiff, identified as “Jane Doe” in the complaint, alleges that Sanz also engaged her in explicit conversations on AOL Instant Messenger some 20 years ago, and repeatedly solicited “inappropriate” and “revealing” photos from her. She alleges that she suffered intense shame and depression due to the experience, and engaged in self-harm and self-medication, and at one point had to be hospitalized.
The suit quotes from text messages Sanz allegedly sent her many years later, in 2019, in which he acknowledged that what he did was wrong and apologized. He described himself as a “wounded creep” in one message, and said he had quit drinking and sought to make amends.
“If you want to metoo me you have every right,” he wrote, according to the complaint. “Just believe me I’m not like that anymore.”
Sanz’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, issued a statement calling the allegations “categorically false” and saying she sought an exorbitant payout to remain quiet.
“However often she repeats her ludicrous allegations or tries to rope in other high-profile names to generate media attention, they will always be false,” Brettler said. “Before filing this lawsuit anonymously, she demanded $7.5 million in exchange for her silence. We, of course, refused and will vigorously contest these totally meritless claims.”
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https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/horatio-sanz-lawsuit-groped-teen-fan-1235040848/
Former “Saturday Night Live” star Horatio Sanz was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday accusing him of grooming a fan from the age of 15, giving her alcohol, and then groping her against her will when she was 17.
The plaintiff, identified as “Jane Doe” in the complaint, alleges that Sanz also engaged her in explicit conversations on AOL Instant Messenger some 20 years ago, and repeatedly solicited “inappropriate” and “revealing” photos from her. She alleges that she suffered intense shame and depression due to the experience, and engaged in self-harm and self-medication, and at one point had to be hospitalized.
The suit quotes from text messages Sanz allegedly sent her many years later, in 2019, in which he acknowledged that what he did was wrong and apologized. He described himself as a “wounded creep” in one message, and said he had quit drinking and sought to make amends.
“If you want to metoo me you have every right,” he wrote, according to the complaint. “Just believe me I’m not like that anymore.”
Sanz’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, issued a statement calling the allegations “categorically false” and saying she sought an exorbitant payout to remain quiet.
“However often she repeats her ludicrous allegations or tries to rope in other high-profile names to generate media attention, they will always be false,” Brettler said. “Before filing this lawsuit anonymously, she demanded $7.5 million in exchange for her silence. We, of course, refused and will vigorously contest these totally meritless claims.”
@george-k said in Et Tu, Jimmy Fallon?:
“If you want to metoo me you have every right,” [Sanz] wrote. “Just believe me I’m not like that anymore.”
Sanz’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, issued a statement calling the allegations “categorically false” and saying she sought an exorbitant payout to remain quiet.IOW, "I didn't do any of those things and if I did do them, I'm really sorry."
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It's interesting how many times news reports mention Jimmy Fallon, despite him not being accused. Presumably because nobody really remembers the other guy.
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It's interesting how many times news reports mention Jimmy Fallon, despite him not being accused. Presumably because nobody really remembers the other guy.
@doctor-phibes said in Et Tu, Jimmy Fallon?:
because nobody really remembers the other guy.
Which of course doesn't stop the MSM from making a big story out of it.
