Bryan Callen Photo: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images A little over a month after comedian Chris D’Elia was accused of sexual misconduct, one of his closest friends is also at the center of allegations. According to a new report from the L.A. Times, four women have gone on the record to accuse comedian and The Goldbergs star Bryan Callen of sexual assault and misconduct. The allegations span back to 1999, when former MADtv cast member Kathryn Fiore Tigerman alleges Callen raped her.
Like Tigerman, three other women shared their allegations against Callen in detail with the Times. A former American Apparel employee named Rachel Green accused Callen of pinning her against a dressing-room wall in 1999 and kissing her, which she immediately reported to her co-workers.
In a statement to the Times, Callen denied all of the allegations. “Let me be very clear: I have never raped, forced myself upon any woman nor offered to trade stage time for sex. EVER,” his statement read. “I know the truth. And I can only hold my head up high, remain true to myself, my family, my audience and know that I will not allow the cancel culture to subvert what I know and as importantly, what they know, is the truth.
Update, August 3: Callen has changed course on his initial decision to address the allegations “in detail” on his podcast, instead announcing in an Instagram post on August 2 that he is “taking a leave of absence” from the podcast, The Fighter and the Kid, which he co-hosts with former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub. In the video, Callen again denied the allegations from the L.A. Times report and said he will not “lay low” or post a “stale” statement.
“I never thought in a million years that I’d be sitting here defending myself for something I did not do 21 years ago. So this is me saying that I categorically and absolutely deny all the allegations against me,” Callen said. “I have been characterized as someone that no one, no one who knows me — not my friends, not my family, not my fans — would ever recognize. And that’s because that’s not who I am.
vulture why is 2020 like Satan’s frat party saw him in a basement club in Venice, CA w/ about 60 ppl & he was insanely funny. so upsetting.
Not surprised.
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