Hollywood director and producer Brett Ratner is suing a woman who says he raped her
- More than a week before The Los Angeles Times published a report filled with multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against director and producer Brett Ratner, a woman wrote in a Facebook post that Ratner raped her 12 years ago.
- Ratner has filed a defamation suit against her.
- Ratner said that her accusation is false, caused him extreme distress, and was published with the intention of damaging his reputation.
On Wednesday, director and producer Brett Ratner filed a defamation suit in Hawaii federal court against Melanie Kohler, who accused him of rape in a Facebook post, Variety reported.
In addition to the alleged rape, Ratner has also been accused of sexual harassment or assault by six actresses, according to a report from The Los Angeles Times. One of those six women was actress Olivia Munn, who said Ratner masturbated in front of her when she went to deliver food to his trailer.
Kohler was not named or quoted in the LA Times report, but she posted her story on Facebook October 20, more than a week before it was published.
In the post, Kohler wrote that "Ratner was a rapist on at least one night in Hollywood about 12 years ago." Kohler alleged that Ratner took advantage of her drunkenness and forced himself on her.
Ratner's lawsuit alleges that this accusation is not true, and that the Facebook post was published with the intention of damaging Ratner's reputation. Ratner claims that Kohler's post caused him extreme distress, in addition to harming his reputation, both personal and professional.
The accusations against Ratner come in the weeks following various sexual misconduct allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, and other powerful men including Kevin Spacey, Roy Price, and Dustin Hoffman.
You can look at Ratner's lawsuit here:
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