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Casey Affleck Hit With Second Sexual Harassment Suit

We've already heard that one of the producers of Casey Affleck's upcoming Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary is suing Affleck for sexual harassment, alleging that he created an uncomfortable work environment and attempted to sleep with her. But now there's a second harassment suit, this time filed by his female director of photography.

Cinematographer Magdalena Gorka claims that Affleck snuck into the bed where Gorka was sleeping and attempted to initiate some kind of sexual shenanigans: "During the middle of the night, [Gorka] awoke to find Affleck lying in the bed next to her...Unbeknownst to [Gorka], Affleck had entered the bedroom while she was asleep and crawled into the bed. When she woke up, Affleck was curled up next to her in the bed wearing only his underwear and a T-shirt. He had his arm around her, was caressing her back, his face was within inches of hers and his breath reeked of alcohol."

Gorka left the project the next day and only returned to it when a female producer (ironically the same producer who is also suing Affleck) was hired and assured her that she would always be present.

Gorka also claims that she was continually verbally berated, was denied her initial agreed-upon salary and was stripped of her on-screen credit as director of photography on the film.

No response yet from Affleck but it's definitely seeming that the making of the movie is going to be infinitely more fascinating to watch than the film itself.

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