| Actor Dustin Hoffman has made his first public appearance since apologising for allegedly sexually harassing an intern several years ago |
The 80-year-old actor presented the Hollywood Comedy Award to Adam Sandler – who he stars alongside in Netflix’s ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ – at the Hollywood Film Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday night (05.11.17).
But he isn’t said to have made any acknowledgement of the recent harassment allegation.
Last week, the ‘Graduate’ actor said sorry after Anna Graham Hunter, an intern on his hit movie ‘Death of a Salesman’ in 1985, claimed the actor made unwanted advances to her and said vulgar things to her, but he insisted the alleged incident was “not reflective” of who he is.
He said in a statement: “I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.”
Anna alleged Dustin “grabbed” her ass on the set and asked her to give him a foot massage.
She wrote: “When I was a senior in high school in New York City, interning as a production assistant on the set of the ‘Death of a Salesman’ TV film, he asked me to give him a foot massage my first day on set; I did.
“He was openly flirtatious, he grabbed my ass, he talked about sex to me and in front of me.”
Her piece detailing her experiences from the set were taken from copies of notes she wrote to her sister at the time.
She added: “Today, I realised some things about this business that scare me. First of all, Dustin’s a lech. I’m completely disillusioned.
After ‘Tootsie’, I thought I wanted to marry him…
“Today, when I was walking Dustin to his limo, he felt my ass four times. I hit him each time, hard, and told him he was a dirty old man.
He took off his hat and pointed to his head (shaved for the part) and said, ‘No, I’m a dirty young man, I have a full head of hair.’ “