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Reporter</em></a> on Friday, mol Stt R. Bnton acced <em>Star Trek </em>actor Gee Takei of sexual asslt, which allegedly took place the actor’s ndo 1981. In a rponse on Twter, <a href=">Takei says he</a> is “shocked and bewilred” at the accatn, and <a href=">says the cint</a> “simply did not occur.”</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Bnton claims he met Takei at a bar when he was 23, and says they exchanged numbers and spoke om time to time. When Bnton broke up wh his boyiend, Takei ved him to dner, and end up at Takei’s home for drks. Bnton says Takei offered him a drk, and soon thereafter, he felt “disoriented and dizzy” and passed out, wakg up to fd Takei gropg him. <em>THR</em> says several of Bnton’s iends have nfirmed that Bnton told them the story over the years. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">This morng, Takei refuted the acunt a seri of Tweets. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent clear-both block"><div class="duet--media--embed m-h-[270px] mb-20 w-full md:max-w-[460px]"></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">The accatn after a seri of high-profile allegatns of sexual abers Hollywood, stemmg om <a href="/2017/10/20/16503276/harvey-weste-sexual-asslt-hollywood-sexism-hypocrisy-social-media">reports about Harvey Weste</a>, and growg to clu dividuals such as <a href="/2017/10/31/16584622/hoe-of-rds-shut-down-kev-spacey-flix">Kev Spacey</a> and Amazon Studs executive <a href="/2017/10/13/16469498/sexual-harassment-accatns-harvey-weste-roy-price-rose-mcgowan-jeff-bezos-amazon-studs">Roy Price</a>. Yterday, <em>The New York Tim</em> published allegatns om five women who say they were sexually harassed by edian <a href="/2017/11/9/16630238/louis-ck-sexual-misnduct-accatns">Louis CK</a>, who <a href="/2017/11/10/16633382/louis-ck-i-love-you-daddy-release-nceled-the-orchard-sexual-harassment">nfirmed the acunts were te</a>. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Takei is bt known for playg Hika Sulu  the origal 1960s <em>Star Trek </em>seri and follow-up films. He me out as gay 2005, and has been a vol activist for LGBT rights on social media. </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-ponent"><p class="duet--article--dangeroly-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leadg-160 -trackg-1 selectn:bg-ankl-20 dark:text-whe dark:selectn:bg-blurple [&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-ankl dark:[&_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&_a]:shadow-unrle-black dark:[&_a]:shadow-unrle-whe">Bnton explaed to <em>THR</em> that he sought to nont the actor years later, but “uldn't brg myself to do . It was jt too unfortable." He says he’s thought about gog public wh his story for years, and that the ongog sndal prompted him to e forward. <a href="/2017/10/30/16571026/kev-spacey-sexual-asslt-allegatns-anthony-rapp-g-out">Last month, <em>Star Trek : Disvery </em>actor Anthony Rapp told <em>BuzzFeed News</em></a> that Kev Spacey ma unwanted advanc when Rapp was a mor, which has rulted a highly public fall for Spacey: he has <a href="/2017/11/3/16605494/kev-spacey-flix-hoe-of-rds-fired">sce been fired om his televisn show</a> <em>Hoe of Cards</em>, and <a href="/2017/11/9/16627506/kev-spacey-christopher-plummer-ridley-stt-all-the-money--the-world">will be replaced by Christopher Plummer</a> <em>All the Money the World</em>, which is set to h theaters on December 22nd. Louis CK has gone through a siar procs, wh The Orchard droppg his new movie <em>I Love You, Daddy</em> a week before release, and <a href="/2017/11/10/16633382/louis-ck-i-love-you-daddy-release-nceled-the-orchard-sexual-harassment">FX and HBO cuttg ti wh the actor</a>. It remas to be seen what kd of backlash Takei will face.</p></div></div><div class="mb-40 mt-30"><button class="duet--article--ments-button group le-flex h-40 w-full ems-center jtify-center round-[2px] borr-[1px] borr-solid borr-blurple font-polysans-mono text-11 font-light upperse trackg-12 text-blurple hover:bg-blurple hover:text-whe md:w-to md:px-30"><svg class="mr-10 le pt-2" width="12" height="14" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" stroke-width="1px" xmlns="><tle>Comments .

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