It seems the world greets us every morning with a new sexual assault story. Three accusations have now racked up against Entourage actor Jeremy Piven, and at each step of the way, he’s adamantly denied that they are true. Now — after three women have come forward (three!) — he’s made a statement on Twitter addressing all of the accusations at once. It’s not pretty. In fact, it’s very, very ugly.
Ever since the New York Times report revealing accusations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, women have felt more empowered than ever to come forward with their own stories of sexual assault and name their abusers.
Tiffany Bacon Scourby told People that she met Piven in 2003 at a work event and met him at his hotel in New York. They had been sitting and chatting for about five minutes — he said he was waiting for his publicist to join them — when suddenly, “he jumped on top of me. I tried to push him off and he forced me to the ground,” Scoury said. Piven then proceeded to expose his genitals and rub them against her body for 15 minutes until he ejaculated on her shirt.
The age of men using their immense power to silence women and perpetuate cycles of abuse is slowly but surely coming to an end.
Others have also made some fair points…