Saturday, April 25, 2009

Oh, brothah

Hell to the no. Please tell me this ain't true. Henry Ian Cusick's Desmond is my favorite character on Lost (and he better make another appearance before the end of this season or I'm gonna be pissed). Apparently, he's gotten into some alleged trouble on set:

A former ABC Entertainment employee filed a harassment and sexual battery claim against Henry Ian Cusick Friday, claiming the Scottish actor groped her and made inappropriate sounds and gestures around her in October 2007 on the Lost set. [I shouldn't say this, but dammit -- I'm gonna. WHY WASN'T I ON THE SET WHEN HE GOT ALL HANDSY...? Woulda perked up my Saturday nights, for sure. Oh, and if anyone gets all righteous on my ass cause I said this: below me. --joan] Plaintiff Chelsea Stone alleges that, on or about Oct. 16, Cusick "placed his hand on her buttocks" and then caressed her back "while making moaning sounds." He then put his face in her cleavage and wagged his head back and forth, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. He then touched her breasts with his hands and kissed her on the mouth, Stone says. [It begs to question: WAS HE DRUNK? This sounds like the work of a drunk man...--joan] View the lawsuit. Stone says that ABC and production company Grass Skirt Entertainment, which are also named as defendants, did nothing to keep her away from Cusick after she complained and, over the next several days, the actor and fellow employees became "very hostile" toward her. ... Per the suit, "plaintiff suffered humiliation and severe mental and emotional distress, and suffered injury when by means of her stress Plaintiff miscarried," causing Stone to incur various medical expenses and suffer 'physical injuries, physical sickness, substantial losses in earnings" and other indignities. ["physical injuries and sickness? from ass-grabbing? that seems odd...--joan] [e!]
More to come... I'm sure...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow. I'm disappointed. Though I can't tell you whether I'm disappointed in Desmond or disappointed that I wasn't there.