EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Casey Affleck Being Sued For Harassment By Second Woman
May 28 2018, Updated 10:20 a.m. ET
Casey Affleck’s legal woes are mounting after a second woman has come forward claiming the actor harassed her during the filming of his upcoming Joaquin Phoenix documentary - and Breaking Celebrity News has the exclusive documents.
According to the $2.25 million lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, cinematographer Magdalena Gorka says Affleck engaged in a pattern of harassing behavior and refused to pay or credit her when the abuse forced her to leave the project.
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During one incident, Gorka says Phoenix told her she could sleep in his bedroom while he slept on the couch after a long night of shooting his documentary, I’m Still Here: The Lost Year Of Joaquin Phoenix in New York.
“During the middle of the night, Gorka awoke to find Affleck lying in the bed next to her,” the lawsuit alleges. “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.”
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Gorka then says she told him to immediately get out of bed. Affleck res