Dark secrets of James Franco!
After a severe crash and accusations, he admitted he slept with his female students.
Hollywood beauty James Franco is celebrating his 44th birthday today. Throughout his long acting career, he had a number of film hits, and then all of a sudden it all went downhill. Namely, in 2018 he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in the comedy 'Disaster Artist', and his award angered a section of the public who said that it was disgusting that the sexual abuser was given recognition.
Namely, shortly before the prestigious award, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal said that Franco sexually abused them in his acting school 'Playhouse West Studio 4', which he opened in 2014 and closed after three years of work.
'I thought I shouldn't say no to him. I felt used, he used his power, 'said Sarah, who was forced into the oral sex scene in' The Long Home '. The actor spoke out in 2020 about the allegations. He pointed out that Sarah and Toni should be grateful because they were able to work with professionals and that all students had information about nude scenes as well as that he never used his power. 'Malicious allegations are food for the tabloids, but they are false and have no legal basis. They were submitted to bring them as much publicity as possible. This lawsuit is the culmination of a campaign that destroyed the hard-earned reputation of an honest man, ' he said in a statement.
However, at the end of 2021, Franco spoke publicly for the first time in the podcast ‘The Jess Cagle Show’ about the ticklish topic and admitted that his behavior was inappropriate and that he had sexual relations with female students while he was an acting teacher.
'Look, I admit I slept with female students, but I didn't sleep with anyone in that class. During my lectures, I slept with female students and that was wrong, but I didn't start school because of that,' said Franco, who has been in a relationship with his 15-year-younger colleague Isabel Pakzad since 2017.
'But I did it with the agreement of the students. I guess at the time I was thinking how okay that is if it’s consensual. Of course, from conversations with other people and lecturers, I could conclude that this is not the coolest thing, but at the time I was not very smart ', added Franco and admitted that since 2016 he has been treated for sex addiction.
