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New emails leaked to The Daily Beast reportedly reveal that "American Hustle" director David O. Russell was mocked by a Sony executive for allegedly "feeling up" his transgender niece three years ago.
“David’s a loon, talented but geez once I saw him bring Sally Field to a party and reduce her to tears,” Michael De Luca, co-president of production for Columbia Pictures, allegedly wrote to Pascal in one email obtained by The Beast.
“Plus remember when he got in trouble for feeling up his transgender nieces [sic] boobs?” the email reportedly said.
In early January of 2012, Russell's 19-year-old transgender niece told a Florida sheriff's deputy that the acclaimed director "put his hand under (her) top and felt both her breasts" while they were working out at a gym, according to the police report confirmed by the Daily News.
"(She) said he felt uncomfortable, but did not ask Russell to stop at any time," the report said.
Russell later told sheriff’s deputies that his niece, who had not yet undergone her full male-to-female surgery, “was acting very provocative towards him and asked if he could help with ab exercises,” the report said.
He told investigators a conversation started about the reassignment process and that's when the niece said that one of her breasts was bigger than the other.
Russell said he asked his niece “several times” if she was uncomfortable, and that the niece "did not ask him not to touch" her, according to the report.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/seth-rogen-howard-stern-liken-sony-hack-terrorism-article-1.2046095
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“David’s a loon, talented but geez once I saw him bring Sally Field to a party and reduce her to tears,” Michael De Luca, co-president of production for Columbia Pictures, allegedly wrote to Pascal in one email obtained by The Beast.
“Plus remember when he got in trouble for feeling up his transgender nieces [sic] boobs?” the email reportedly said.
In early January of 2012, Russell's 19-year-old transgender niece told a Florida sheriff's deputy that the acclaimed director "put his hand under (her) top and felt both her breasts" while they were working out at a gym, according to the police report confirmed by the Daily News.
"(She) said he felt uncomfortable, but did not ask Russell to stop at any time," the report said.
Russell later told sheriff’s deputies that his niece, who had not yet undergone her full male-to-female surgery, “was acting very provocative towards him and asked if he could help with ab exercises,” the report said.
He told investigators a conversation started about the reassignment process and that's when the niece said that one of her breasts was bigger than the other.
Russell said he asked his niece “several times” if she was uncomfortable, and that the niece "did not ask him not to touch" her, according to the report.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/seth-rogen-howard-stern-liken-sony-hack-terrorism-article-1.2046095
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