Naomie Harris Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted By ‘Very Famous Actor’ During Audition

British actress Naomie Harris has alleged that a ‘very famous actor’ once put his hand up her skirt during an audition.

The 43-year-old actor, who earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in Moonlight,  recalled the moment she was groped in her mid-twenties.

‘I was in an audition and he put his hand up my skirt,’ she said, adding that despite there being witnesses, the actor’s reputation was unscathed by the incident.

‘What was so shocking about it was the casting director was there and the director, and of course no one said anything at all because he was – he is – such a huge star.’

However, as a Cambridge educated actor, Naomie maintains the belief that her perceived higher levels of intelligence kept her from being preyed on more. ‘I think there is the immediate assumption that you have a brain,’ she said, ‘which is not necessarily true if you go to Oxbridge, as I’ve discovered.’

While the incident only happened some 20 or so years ago, Naomie insists that she doesn’t think the same thing would pass now in the wake of the ‘massive shift’ brought on by the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. ‘Men know that they absolutely cannot get away with things now that they wouldn’t even have thought about before,’ Naomie said.

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