{"id":3054,"date":"2018-02-25T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/02\/25\/hfpa-launches-investigation-into-brendan-frasers-sexual-assault-accusation-against-former-president\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T18:00:09","slug":"hfpa-launches-investigation-into-brendan-frasers-sexual-assault-accusation-against-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/02\/25\/hfpa-launches-investigation-into-brendan-frasers-sexual-assault-accusation-against-former-president\/","title":{"rendered":"HFPA Launches Investigation Into Brendan Fraser\u2019s Sexual Assault Accusation Against Former President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/what-ever-happened-to-brendan-fraser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sad, moving profile of Brendan Fraser<\/a> included one especially troubling detail: Fraser alleging that the former President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/hollywood-foreign-press-association\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hollywood-foreign-press-association\">Hollywood Foreign Press Association<\/a>, best known as the group that hosts the Golden Globes, groped him in 2003. Following that accusation, the HFPA says it is &#8220;investigating further details&#8221; about the incident involving Philip Berk.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/02\/brendan-fraser-groped-hollywood-foreign-press-philip-berk-1201931653\/\" title=\"Brendan Fraser Speaks Out About Being Groped by HFPA President in 2003: \u2018Am I Still Frightened? Absolutely\u2019\">Brendan Fraser Speaks Out About Being Groped by HFPA President in 2003: \u2018Am I Still Frightened? Absolutely\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe HFPA stands firmly against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/sexual-harassment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sexual-harassment\">sexual harassment<\/a> and the type of behavior described in this article,\u201d the organization writes in a statement shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/hfpa-investigating-brendan-fraser-sexual-assault-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Us Weekly<\/a>. \u201cOver the years we\u2019ve continued a positive working relationship with Brendan, which includes announcing Golden Globe nominees, attending the ceremony and participating in press conferences. This report includes alleged information that the HFPA was previously unaware of and at this time we are investigating further details surrounding the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/06\/save-brendan-the-mummy-brendan-fraser-1201839440\/\" title=\"Save Brendan: As a New \u2018Mummy\u2019 Arrives, Meet the Memes Trying to Revive Brendan Fraser\u2019s Career\">Save Brendan: As a New \u2018Mummy\u2019 Arrives, Meet the Memes Trying to Revive Brendan Fraser\u2019s Career<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHis left hand reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint,\u201d Fraser said about the alleged incident. \u201cAnd he starts moving it around. I felt ill. I felt like a little kid. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I thought I was going to cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Fraser\u2019s version is a total fabrication,\u201d Berk said in response. \u201cMy apology admitted no wrongdoing, the usual \u2018If I\u2019ve done anything that upset Mr. Fraser, it was not intended and I apologize.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s sad, moving profile of Brendan Fraser included one especially troubling detail: Fraser alleging that the former President of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-Ng","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}