SAG Suspends Seymour Cassel for Sexual Harassment

A month after pulling nearly 20 percent of the vote in SAG's presidential election, actor Seymour Cassel has been suspended from the union for two years. An internal tribunal found Cassel guilty of "conduct unbecoming a member" -- translation: He was found to have sexually harassed SAG staffers during a town hall meeting last May. Details of the case are limited, as are the 74-year-old's options: He can go "financial core," thus withholding dues spent on political matters yet maintaining his access to union shoots, or he can just go non-union and be every film student's go-to favorite grandpa/mobster/next-door neighbor through 2011. Developing... [Variety]