Dustin Hoffman accused by former co-star of 'horrific' sexual assault

Accused: Actor Dustin Hoffman
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Patrick Grafton-Green9 December 2017

A former co-star of Dustin Hoffman has accused him of sexual harassment, describing her experience as “horrific, demoralising and abusive”.

Actress Kathryn Rossetter said when the pair co-starred in Death of a Salesman on Broadway in 1984, the Hollywood star would grope her and demand foot rubs.

On one night, she said, Hoffman exposed her body to the stage crew.

"Suddenly he grabs the bottom of my slip and pulls it up over my head, exposing my breasts and body to the crew and covering my face,” she said.

Rossetter told her account in a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, adding: “Night after night I went home and cried. I withdrew and got depressed and did not have any good interpersonal relationships with the cast."

Her allegation comes a month after actress Anna Graham Hunter accused Hoffman of groping her and making inappropriate comments when she was a 17-year-old intern on the set of the 1985 TV movie Death of a Salesman, in which Rossetter reprised her stage role.

Rossetter filmed her part in three days and said she had no knowledge of how Hoffman treated anyone on the set.

Hoffman's representatives have not commented on the latest allegations.

He has previously denied abusing Hunter, saying her allegations were "not reflective of who I am."

Rossetter, who went on to have roles in Speed 2: Cruise Control and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, wrote that Hoffman "left dirty fingerprints on my soul."

Hunter's allegations against the actor recently prompted television host John Oliver to publicly question Hoffman during an anniversary screening of his film Wag the Dog.

During a panel discussion, Oliver said Hoffman's reply that harassment was not reflective of who he is was a "cop-out," adding: "It is reflective of who you were."

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