These 16 people together described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman on set, while promoting his movies and at his production company Revelations Entertainment. Eight said they witnessed Freeman’s alleged conduct. In all, 16 people spoke to CNN about Freeman as part of this investigation, eight of whom said they were victims of what some called harassment and others called inappropriate behavior by Freeman. His voiceover work has also become iconic, including his narration for the Academy Award-winning documentaries “The Long Way Home” and “March of the Penguins.” He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for 2004’s “Million Dollar Baby,” and has earned four other Oscar nominations. His starring roles in movies like “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Shawshank Redemption” in the late 1980s and early 1990s made him a household name. “He did comment on our bodies… We knew that if he was coming by … not to wear any top that would show our breasts, not to wear anything that would show our bottoms, meaning not wearing clothes that fitted,” she said.Īt 80 years old, Freeman is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, with a movie career that spans nearly five decades. A woman who was a senior member of the production staff of the movie “Now You See Me” in 2012 told CNN that Freeman sexually harassed her and her female assistant on numerous occasions by making comments about their bodies. Morgan got freaked out and didn’t know what to say.”įreeman’s alleged inappropriate behavior was not limited to that one movie set, according to other sources who spoke to CNN. Eventually, she said, “Alan made a comment telling him to stop. In one incident, she said, Freeman “kept trying to lift up my skirt and asking if I was wearing underwear.” He never successfully lifted her skirt, she said - he would touch it and try to lift it, she would move away, and then he’d try again. READ MORE: 2 Pennsylvania Task Force 1 Members Deployed To Kentucky For Search And Recovery Efforts Freeman would rest his hand on her lower back or rub her lower back, she said.
She alleges that Freeman subjected her to unwanted touching and comments about her figure and clothing on a near-daily basis. (CNN) - A young production assistant thought she had landed the job of her dreams when, in the summer of 2015, she started work on “Going In Style,” a bank heist comedy starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.īut the job quickly devolved into several months of harassment, she told CNN.