{"id":40707,"date":"2018-01-11T23:09:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T05:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=40707"},"modified":"2018-01-13T00:58:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T06:58:01","slug":"5-women-accuse-james-franco-of-inappropriate-sexual-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/5-women-accuse-james-franco-of-inappropriate-sexual-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"5 women accuse James Franco of inappropriate sexual behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1505195\" class=\"loop post-1505195 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-opinion category-top-headlines category-united-states\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Five women said actor and filmmaker James Franco had acted in a sexually inappropriate way toward them, adding to earlier accusations on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The women detailed the Jewish actor\u2019s behavior in a Los Angeles Times&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hollywood\/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html\">article<\/a>&nbsp;published Thursday. Three women who studied at a film school Franco founded said he had acted inappropriately on set, including becoming angry when they did not want to take off their tops and removing plastic guards covering women\u2019s genitals in a sex scene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40708\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40708\" class=\"wp-image-40708 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1.jpg 878w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40708\" class=\"wp-image-40708 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/James-Franco-GettyImages-880553292-1.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-40708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor James Franco attends Independent Filmmaker Project\u2019s 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov. 27, 2017 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another former student said Franco would make people think they could get a role if they performed sexual favors or took off their shirts. A fifth woman said Franco pressured her into performing oral sex while the two were in a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Franco\u2019s attorney, Michael Plonsker, denied the allegations and pointed to comments made by Franco earlier this week, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Franco denied allegations made on Sunday against him on social media, including by some of the actresses quoted by the Times, but also said, \u201cIf I have done something wrong, I will fix it \u2014 I have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Franco&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/de\/news\/537462\/james-franco-on-trying-to-pick-up-a-17-year-old-i-m-not-going-to-high-schools-looking-for-dates\">admitted<\/a>&nbsp;to having flirted with a 17-year-old girl on Instagram and offered to rent a hotel room so the two could meet, after the girl posted photos of their exchange on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Franco&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2018\/01\/08\/arts-entertainment\/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-named-best-television-series-at-golden-globes\">won<\/a>&nbsp;the Golden Globes award for best actor in a feature comedy for his portrayal of the eccentric director Tommy Wiseau in \u201cThe Disaster Artist.\u201d During the awards ceremony, he wore a pin expressing his support for \u201cTime\u2019s Up,\u201d a movement against sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1497196\" class=\"loop post-1497196 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-opinion category-top-headlines category-united-states\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article id=\"post-1482350\" class=\"loop post-1482350 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-opinion category-top-headlines category-united-states\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The accusations are the latest in a flood that has roiled the worlds of entertainment, politics and the media since November after dozens of women alleged that Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein harassed and in some cases assaulted them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"5%20women%20accuse%20James%20Franco%20of%20inappropriate%20sexual%20behavior\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7139],"tags":[2008,3407,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40709,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40707\/revisions\/40709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}