| A former model and actor is accusing Star Trek icon George Takei of sexual assault in 1981. The accuser, Scott R. Brunton, who was 23 at the time of the alleged incident, claims that Takei took advantage of him when he was most vulnerable.
"This happened a long time ago, but I have never forgotten it," Brunton tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. "It is one of those stories you tell with a group of people when people are recounting bizarre instances in their lives, this always comes up. I have been telling it for years, but I am suddenly very nervous telling it." Brunton says he was living in Hollywood in 1981, working as a waiter and beginning a career as a commercial actor and model when he met a 43- or 44-year-old Takei one evening at Greg's Blue Dot bar. The men exchanged numbers and would call one another from time to time as well as run into each other at clubs, Brunton says. When Brunton broke up with his then-boyfriend, he spoke with Takei. "He said, 'Let me know what your new number is' and I did. And not long after we broke up and I moved out, George called me," Brunton recalls. Takei, as Brunton tells it, invited him to dinner and the theater. "He was very good at consoling me and understanding that I was upset and still in love with my boyfriend," Brunton says. "He was a great ear. He was very good about me spilling my heart on my sleeve." The two men went back to the actor's condo for a drink the same night. "We have the drink and he asks if I would like another," Brunton recalls. "And I said sure. So, I have the second one, and then all of a sudden, I begin feeling very disoriented and dizzy, and I thought I was going to pass out. I said I need to sit down and he said sit over here and he had the giant yellow beanbag chair. So I sat down in that and leaned my head back and I must have passed out." "The next thing I remember I was coming to and he had my pants down around my ankles and he was groping my crotch and trying to get my underwear off and feeling me up at the same time, trying to get his hands down my underwear," Brunton says. "I came to and said, 'What are you doing?!' I said, 'I don't want to do this.' He goes, 'You need to relax. I am just trying to make you comfortable. Get comfortable.' And I said, 'No. I don't want to do this.' And I pushed him off and he said, 'OK, fine.' And I said I am going to go and he said, 'If you feel you must. You're in no condition to drive.' I said, 'I don't care I want to go.' So I managed to get my pants up and compose myself and I was just shocked. I walked out and went to my car until I felt well enough to drive home, and that was that." THR spoke to four longtime friends of Brunton Norah Roadman, Rob Donovan, Stephen Blackshear and Jan Steward who said that he had confided in them about the Takei encounter years ago. Takei's rep, Julia Buchwald, tells THR, "George is traveling in Japan and Australia and not reachable for comment." Takei, now 80, rose to fame playing Hikaru Sulu on the original Star Trek television series. He is also an author and activist and has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights. In a series of tweets Saturday morning, Takei denied the allegations. "The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur, and I do not know why he has claimed them now. I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr. Brunton, and I cannot say I do," he said. "Right now it is a he said / he said situation, over alleged events nearly 40 years ago. But those that know me understand that non-consensual acts are so antithetical to my values and my practices, the very idea that someone would accuse me of this is quite personally painful." Brunton claims that he met up with Takei years after the incident in Portland, Brunton's current home, while the actor was there on a book tour. "I wanted to see him," Brunton says. "I always wanted to ask him I just felt really betrayed. I thought I was a friend and here I am later, just another piece of meat. So I called him up at the hotel I figured out which hotel he was at and he said 'Hi, Scott. I remember you.' I wanted to ask him why. We met for coffee, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was just too uncomfortable." Brunton says he considered going to the media with the story for years, but he assumed no one would take him seriously. "Who's going to believe me? It's my word against his," he says. Brunton's reasoning changed after the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and specifically when Takei spoke out regarding allegations leveled against Kevin Spacey. |
George Takei Accused of Sexually Assaulting Former Model in 1981
| Source: | The Hollywood Reporter |
| Published: | Nov 10, 2017 |
| Author: | Ryan Parker |
| Post Date: | 2017-11-11 11:07:50 by Tooconservative |
| Views: | 2322 |
#1: misterwhite To: Tooconservative (#0)
You know George Takei must have approached hundreds of men of all ages for sex. It may not have been sexual "assault" but I'm sure it would fall into the category of "unwanted sexual advances".
Homosexuals get away with behavior a heterosexual would be fired for. Huge double standard.
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 11:29:55 Reply Private Reply
#2: Liberator To: misterwhite (#1)
Absolutely. Homofascists, like blacks and women are apparently "special" creatures.
All of them have managed to politically extract and buy extra layers of special judicial protections and shielding because of unconstitutionally legislated "Hate-Crime" AND "Hate-Speech" statutes. This is exactly why they get away with committing so many crimes and this insane moral/lawful double-standard.
Liberator posted on 2017-11-11 11:41:39 Reply Private Reply
#3: misterwhite To: Liberator (#2)
Sure. They're not condemned or punished because that's who they are.
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"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"
The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back. "I could not help myself. It is my nature."
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 11:46:44 Reply Private Reply
#4: Liberator To: misterwhite (#3)
Right...Identity Politics at its extreme.
BOTH parties are guilty of sabotaging the Constitution. And likely paid generously to do so.
"Equality" has NEVER been the goal of Social "Justice" Warriors. NOR Democrats. Homofascists, thugs, and THE worst of humanity have been using "Hate Crime/Speech" legislation and MSM/Hollywood/Sports propaganda to mug white, straight, conservative males LEGALLY.
Liberator posted on 2017-11-11 12:00:10 Reply Private Reply
#5: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#1)
Not to defend Takei at all but sex is sometimes ridiculously casual for the homos. So making a sex play for someone even if drunk or sleeping might not be unusual in some circles.
Far more serious is the implication that Takei drugged his victim. And if that is true and Takei was operating with knockout drops the way Cosby was, we should assume it happened more than once. So other accusers should come forward to say that Takei drugged them too.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-11-11 12:06:20 Reply Private Reply
#6: Vicomte13 To: Tooconservative (#5)
Vicomte13 posted on 2017-11-11 12:26:56 Reply Private Reply
#7: Tooconservative To: Vicomte13 (#6)
This isn't some spontaneous eruption of women (or men) being suddenly offended or shocked to learn how many people in positions of absolute power operate as predators on those within their circle of power, how these various media heavyweights from multiple branches of media work together, how they use lawsuits to threaten and to buy silence, etc.
And it is a battle the Left seems to want to fight.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-11-11 12:52:41 Reply Private Reply
#8: misterwhite To: Tooconservative (#5)
I think it's expected, and that's what I'm referring to. Casual sex, anonymous sex, multiple partners, orgies, sex in public places (parks, restrooms, rest stops) -- all part of the homosexual lifestyle.
So we're supposed to accept is as "just the way they are". My question is, if homosexuals can get away with behaving this way, how long before heterosexuals adopt this lifestyle?
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 14:14:32 Reply Private Reply
#9: misterwhite To: Vicomte13 (#6)
Prestgtuo? Isn't that an Italian spaghetti sauce?
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 14:18:39 Reply Private Reply
#10: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#8)
Yeah, just because a large number or even a majority of gay men are basically tomcats and very casual about sex, that doesn't mean all of them are.
Even if gay men are promiscuous generally, a majority probably does object to being drugged for sex. Or at least drugged against their will and not getting to choose what drug to take.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-11-11 14:20:56 Reply Private Reply
#11: Fred Mertz To: misterwhite (#8)
You sound like a homo expert. Something you're not telling us?
Fred Mertz posted on 2017-11-11 15:59:20 Reply Private Reply
#12: redleghunter To: Tooconservative (#0)
Met GT (before outing) at a Historic Preservation conference in LA the US Army co-sponsored. One of our stops was the Japanese American museum where GT was a gracious host. He made all of us in dress uniform feel welcome and made sure we were fed well. He took photos with us afterwards and showed us the 442nd Regimental Combat Team memorial outside the museum.
To this day my SF buddy claims TK grabbed his 4th point of contact during a photo. Dunno....
redleghunter posted on 2017-11-11 16:00:23 Reply Private Reply
#13: Fred Mertz To: redleghunter (#12)
Fred Mertz posted on 2017-11-11 16:02:56 Reply Private Reply
#14: Tooconservative To: redleghunter, Fred Mertz (#12)
Sounds like Takei was still willing to go where no man had gone before. : )
Tooconservative posted on 2017-11-11 16:41:06 Reply Private Reply
#15: misterwhite To: Fred Mertz (#11)
Yep. That was it.
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 18:32:54 Reply Private Reply
#16: misterwhite To: Tooconservative (#10)
Enough to generalize.
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 18:40:24 Reply Private Reply
#17: GrandIsland To: misterwhite (#1)
GrandIsland posted on 2017-11-11 18:50:22 Reply Private Reply
#18: misterwhite To: GrandIsland (#17)
More like 2%. But they raise the odds by congregating in cities like San Francisco or Key West, neighborhoods, or bars and nightclubs. Or Hollywood.
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-11 19:09:03 Reply Private Reply
#19: Vicomte13 To: misterwhite (#9)
I really have no idea what that word was supposed to be. Yikes!
Vicomte13 posted on 2017-11-11 19:49:05 Reply Private Reply
#20: GrandIsland To: misterwhite (#18)
Maybe now... but when this incident allegedly happened, early 80's, even in KOOKIFONIA, the fags stated in the closet... were they belong.
All the faggot Hollyweirdo's still had to drug or rape to overcome the lack of willing assholes. Pun intended.
GrandIsland posted on 2017-11-11 20:48:49 Reply Private Reply
#21: Orthodoxa To: misterwhite (#8)
Probably never.
The reason why the globalists promote the homosexual lifestyle is the same reason that they promote abortion and open borders for Western nations.
Their goal is to replace the indigenous Western population -- heterosexual Westerners having rampant promiscuity would be counterproductive to their goal.
Orthodoxa posted on 2017-11-12 10:34:07 Reply Private Reply
#22: misterwhite To: Orthodoxa (#21)
Then we need to hold homosexuals to the same societal standards. But in so doing, we'll be labeled homophobic.
So we'll end up defining deviancy down, lowering our standards to the level of homosexuals -- ending sexual monogamy in marriage, accepting those who have a different sexual partner every week, having unprotected anonymous sex with strangers, holding drug-fueled orgies, having sex in public places such as restrooms, parks and rest stops, etc.
One or the other. How do you raise children to accept everyone as equal, but have different standards for different groups? Hasn't worked with African Americans, has it? Quotas, preferences, lower standards -- that's resulted in resentment, not acceptance.
misterwhite posted on 2017-11-12 11:10:15 Reply Private Reply