Bill Murray has reportedly paid out $100,000 to a female production assistant after allegedly straddling her and kissing her on the mouth during a film shoot.
He said he thought he was being "playful" while the woman allegedly said she took the actions as "entirely sexual" and was "horrified".Now he has allegedly settled with the woman after she filed an official complaint about the incident, as did another production member. The woman also allegedly agreed to confidentiality as well as to waive any legal claims against production company Searchlight Pictures and its parent company Disney.
It is unclear what will happen to the film, but there are precedents. All The Money In The World, a 2017 film, was halfway through shooting when allegations of sexual assault emerged against star Kevin Spacey. Mr Spacey was fired and the entire film was reshot with Christopher Plummer in the lead role.
This is not the first time Mr Murray has been accused of inappropriate behaviour on set. Former co-star Geena Davis claimed in her new memoir that while on the set of Quick Change in 1989, Mr Murray "insisted" on using a massage device on her. “I said no multiple times, but he wouldn’t relent. I would have had to yell at him and cause a scene if I was to get him to give up trying to force me to do it; the other men in the room did nothing to make it stop. I realized with profound sadness that I didn’t yet have the ability to withstand this onslaught – or to simply walk out.”
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