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- Eight women accused Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior in a CNN report published Thursday.
- The accusers included CNN reporter Chloe Melas, the coauthor of CNN's report, who alleged that Freeman subjected her to inappropriate comments about her appearance at a press junket.
- Altogether, CNN spoke to 16 people who "described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman" on film sets, in his work at his production company, Revelations Entertainment, and in
media interviews.
Eight women accused Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior in a report published by CNN on Thursday.
CNN spoke to 16 people altogether in a "months-long reporting process" who "described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman" on the sets of several of his films, in his work at his production company, Revelations Entertainment, and in media interviews.
Freeman's representatives did not respond to multiple requests for comment from CNN and did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Three reporters, including CNN reporter Chloe Melas, the coauthor of CNN's Thursday report on the allegations, alleged that Freeman made inappropriate comments about their appearances at press junkets.
Melas, who was six months pregnant at the time of her alleged incident in 2017, said Freeman told her, among other comments, that "you are ripe."
Among the five other accusers, an unnamed production assistant who worked on the set of Freeman's 2017 movie "Going In Style" said that she experienced several months of sexual harassment from Freeman on the film's set, including unwanted touching and comments.
The woman said that Freeman "kept trying to lift up my skirt and asking if I was wearing underwear." She said that Freeman only stopped when Alan Arkin, his costar on the film, "made a comment telling him to stop," after which "Morgan got freaked out and didn't know what to say."
Eight of the 16 people CNN spoke to said they witnessed various instances of Freeman's alleged misconduct.