People: More allegation emerge of Steven Seagal harassing women
Zen bruiser Steven Seagal, charged in a new lawsuit with harassment and sexual trafficking, has been accused numerous times in the past 12 years of inappropriate conduct toward women, reports said Friday.
Actress and model Jenny McCarthy told Movieline in a 1998 interview that the action movie star ordered her to strip during an audition for "Under Siege 2."
"I go inside (Seagal's) office, which has shag carpet and this huge couch, and he's by himself and says, 'Sit on my couch,' " McCarthy, now 37, said in the interview, unearthed this week by CBS News. "He says, 'So, you were Playmate of the Year?' Then he said, 'Take off your dress.' I just started crying and said, 'Rent my Playboy video, you (expletive)!' and ran out to the car."
McCarthy on Thursday confirmed to MSNBC that she had made the statements to Movieline but offered no further comment.
Also uncovered this week was a 1998 Penthouse magazine in which nine women detailed allegations of improper conduct by Seagal. And Reuters reported that Seagal was accused in a 2001 lawsuit of making "inappropriate comments and actions" toward Patricia Nichols during a recording project. Seagal claimed the suit was a "shakedown." The jury in the case determined Seagal had slandered the woman, Reuters reported, but he was not ordered to pay damages.
Kayden Nguyen, a 23-year-old former model, sued Seagal this week claiming he assaulted her several times and made her take
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"illegal pills" while she was employed on his "Steven Seagal Lawman" reality program, the title of which now carries a heavy whiff of irony. Seagal has denied the charges and says Nguyen is just retaliating against him for firing her from the show.
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