Well the ball's rolling now. Ben Affleck a long time associate of Weinstein came out with this statement-
“I am saddened and angry that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass and manipulate many women over decades. The additional allegations of assault that I read this morning made me sick. This is completely unacceptable, and I find myself asking what I can do to make sure this doesn’t happen to others. We need to do better at protecting our sisters, friends, co-workers and daughters. We must support those who come forward, condemn this type of behavior when we see it and help ensure there are more women in positions of power.”
Which prompted some people to take swipes at Affleck on twitter, which lead to someone to respond about him-
'He also grabbed Hilarie Burton's breasts on TRL once. Everyone forgot though.'
Only for the actress Hilarie Burton herself to respond-
'I didn't forget.'
As this article from
The Mirror states:
The incident reportedly happened when he appeared on the show in 2003. Burton was 21.
A video clip from the show shows Affleck telling Burton a story mid-interview which appears to be about moves men use to pick up women.
He leans his arm around the young host who is wearing a yellow bandeau dress. No groping is seen on camera but Burton noticeably jumps and looks shocked on the footage as Affleck smiles and returns to his seat.
Speaking further about the incident, Hilarie thanked the Twitter user, writing: 'I was a kid...Girls. I’m so impressed with you brave ones. I had to laugh back then so I wouldn’t cry. Sending love.'
She then tweeted a clip from an interview she did taking fans behind the scenes at TRL. In it she relives and laughs off the incident.
'He wraps his arm around me and comes over and tweaks my left boob,' she says.
Also Rose McGowan who has come forward with allegations against herself, has stated that in spite of what Batman says now, Affleck knew of what had been going on-
Earlier on Tuesday Rose McGowan harshly criticized Affleck on Twitter - even going to far as to call him a liar.
She tweeted: '@benaffleck "GODD*MNIT! I TOLD HIM TO STOP DOING THAT" you said that to my face. The press conf I was made to go to after assault. You lie.'
The actress, was allegedly assaulted by Weinstein in 1997 and has been crusading against silence over Weinstein's grim past, and was the first of many to point out the 45-year-old actor's claims to obliviousness.
Affleck has since publicly apologised to Burton.
Hollywood man.
Not just yet, I'm still tender from before.