The former E! Network stylist who accused Ryan Seacrest of sexual abuse said on Tuesday that Seacrest’s statement that he was cleared of any wrongdoing is a “false narrative.”
“I remained quiet for years out of fears that my story wouldn’t be believed and that I would be subject to scorn and ridicule for telling it,” Suzie Hardy said in a statement to Variety. “I was emboldened by the bravery of others to finally and confidentially tell my story to NBC. Ryan elected to take the story public with a false narrative that he was exonerated and the victim of some sort of money grab.