(from theguardian.com)
The Star Trek actor and gay rights activist George Takei responded on Saturday to an accusation that he sexually assaulted a young actor nearly 40 years ago. The alleged event “simply did not occur”, Takei said.
On Friday, Scott R Brunton told the Hollywood Reporter that in 1981, when he was 23, he was invited into Takei’s condo in Los Angeles. Brunton implied his drink may have been spiked, saying he passed out and awoke to find Takei trying to strip him and groping his genitals.
“This happened a long time ago but I have never forgotten it,” he said. The Reporter said “four longtime friends of Brunton” had said he confided to them about the alleged incident “years ago”. (MORE HERE)
