George Takei denies the claim made Friday by former model Scott R. Brunton, who said the “Star Trek” actor groped him in 1981.
“I’m writing to respond to the accusations made by Scott R. Bruton,” Takei wrote in a Twitter thread on Saturday. “I want to assure you all that I am as shocked and bewildered at these claims as you must feel reading them.”
Scott R. Brunton told The Hollywood Reporter that he met Takei in 1981 at a bar in Hollywood, and they exchanged phone numbers. He went on to say that after a night on the town, they went back to Takei’s apartment for drinks and, after two, Brunton said he began “feeling very disoriented and dizzy” and “passed out.”