There was a major eruption over social media Sunday night when Casey Affleck won the Oscar for Best Actor. The messages were not filled with praise or congratulations, rather outrage over his sexual harassment lawsuits. The details of both cases are shocking and utterly disgusting.
He told the Boston Globe, “There’s really nothing I can do about it. Other than live my life the way I know I live it and to speak to what my own values are and how I try to live by them all the time.”
“I believe that any kind of mistreatment of anyone for any reason is unacceptable and abhorrent. And everyone deserves to be treated with respect in the workplace and anywhere else.” Not sure if he was referring to himself or to the two women who sued him for sexual harassment and settled out of court.
The Globe mentioned that Affleck legally cannot discuss the cases, but he’s done his best to distance himself from the story and dismiss it as “noise.“