Dustin has been charged for sexual assault!
Dustin Hoffman was one of the film’s favorite faces for years, until a whole host of scandals and allegations of sexual abuse surfaced.
Dustin Hoffman was a man who had everything. And indeed, for decades, this two-time Oscar winner was one of Hollywood’s favorite faces until his life changed overnight after victims he sexually abused went public. Back in 1969, he married ballerina Anne Byrne, but the details of their marriage have remained unknown to this day. It is known that he adopted her daughter from her first marriage, Karina, and in October 1970 they had a child together, daughter Jenna. They built a family nest in New York’s Greenwich borough and lived carefree for the next ten years during which Dustin was nominated four times for an Oscar he finally won for the first time in 1979 for brilliant acting in the film ‘Kramer Vs. Kramer 'in which he starred with Meryl Streep.
Dustin played workaholic Ted Kramer who was abandoned by his wife (Streep). When she returned after a year and a half to pick up the child, the former spouses went into a court battle. He received a salvo of praise for the role, and even then rumors were circulating that it was not surprising that he excelled in that role, since he himself is going through a similar situation in real life. His marriage was coming to an end, and the couple finally divorced in 1980. Dustin never made any statement about the reasons, and the journalists only managed to find out that the children belonged to his ex-wife.
His single career did not last long. As early as November of the same year, he married entrepreneur Lisa Gottsegen, whom he had known since childhood when they lived almost door to door. Their mothers were friends, but since Lisa was 15 years younger, they did not socialize as children.
Years later, after Dustin began building an acting career, Lisa’s grandfather died and he went to a funeral. They became close again and became friends, and after he divorced, they became lovers. Today they have four children: Jake, born in 1981, Rebecca Lillian, born in 1983, Max Jeffrey, born in 1984, and Alexandra, born in 1987. Lisa was his biggest support when his mother passed away in 1981.
' Lisa and I have been together for almost 40 years, and I still have a feeling that our marriage lasts only a week. Can a man wish for a better destiny? 'he said on one occasion commenting on his marriage to a woman he is still in a relationship with today, but what was believed for years to be one of those rare beautiful Hollywood love stories suddenly created a completely different perception of their relationship in public.
Although Lisa remained with him, his marriage and life were severely shaken in 2017 after the arrest of Harvey Weinstein, when several women spoke out and accused Dustin of sexual harassment. The most shocking thing was that his 17-year-younger assistant Anna Hunter was among them, who revealed that Dustin was talking about sex in front of her and touching her inappropriately. Kathryn Rossetter, who co-starred with him in 'Death of a Salesman', also spoke about sexual abuse, admitting that he invited her to his hotel room during the filming and wondered why he was staying at a hotel since he lived nearby.
Today, Dustin appears in public quite rarely, and when he does appear, he hides his face with a mask in the hope that no one will recognize him. ‘ I have high respect for women and I feel terrible for anyone who feels uncomfortable next to me. I'm sorry. It doesn't show who I am ', was all he said after the accusations. It is interesting, however, that Dustin seems to have managed to go unpunished in addition to his tainted biography. Unlike his colleagues Kevin Spacey and Johnny Depp, in his case the well-known 'cancel' effect did not happen. In fact, he is currently filming 'Sam and Kate'.
