MICHAEL DOUGLAS PREEMPTIVELY DENIES SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS
He apologized for using “colorful” language. “None of it was directed at her; she didn’t say it was. It was my office and that was the tone that I set,” he explained, adding that he had worked out of his New York home at the time. “As to colorful language, she may have overheard private conversations, and if she was offended, she could have excused herself.”
Douglas denied the blackballing allegation, calling it “completely untrue.” “I never blackballed her. If people from the industry called me to ask about her, I would have been honest, but I never blackballed her,” he reiterated to the website.
As for the masturbating claim, “This is a complete lie, fabrication, no truth to it whatsoever,” he said.
“Look, I support the #metoo movement with all my heart. I have always supported women, along the way. This is the kind of step that can set that movement back. Being accused, without a chance [to defend yourself] in court. To not even really have the information in front of you, to be able to argue or defend yourself. There is no due process, no chance of seeing evidence in front of me from my accuser. It worries me.”