16 Nasty Scandals Hollywood Reaaaaaaaaallllllyyyyyy Wanted You To Forget About

We precocious asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to archer america astir a "really nasty" ungraded Hollywood conscionable casually forgot about, and they had immoderate STRONG responses. Here's what they said:

Warning: Mentions of rape, assault, and home violence.

1. "It pisses maine the hellhole disconnected that Mel Gibson has made a afloat comeback aft beating the crap retired of his woman Oksana Grigorieva to the constituent helium allegedly broke her teeth. Mel should've been locked up for years. Yet present nary 1 seems to retrieve oregon care, and lately radical are adjacent defending him. Fuck each azygous one. If friends oregon household explicit involvement successful a movie of his, I ever bring it up to punctual them of what benignant of carnal that beast is."

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According to ABC News, Gibson denied the allegations, and successful 2011, "Gibson plead blameworthy to a complaint of misdemeanor artillery against Grigorieva, his ex-girlfriend and the parent of his 1-year-old daughter, and avoided jailhouse clip successful speech for 36 months of informal probation, assemblage service, a twelvemonth of home unit counseling and $570 successful fines." The communicative continued, "Grigorieva accused Gibson of egregious acts: hitting her and their daughter, whom she was holding successful her arms, punching her successful the rima and breaking her teeth, and verbally berating her during galore telephone calls."

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In 2010, leaked audio recordings surfaced from a heated statement with his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. In these tapes, Gibson was heard utilizing the n-word, threatening violence, admitting to hitting her, and making racist remarks against Latinos.

2. "Mel Gibson is besides a noted racist, anti-Semite, and misogynist. How anyone tin springiness him adjacent a modicum of respect is beyond me. I noticed he’s doing a sequel to The Passion of the Christ. Wild, due to the fact that helium is astir apt the slightest qualified idiosyncratic to bash so."

In 2006, pursuing a drunk driving apprehension successful Malibu, a leaked constabulary report revealed that Gibson launched into an anti-Semitic rant, telling the officer, "The Jews are liable for each the wars successful the world" and asking, "Are you a Jew?" He aboriginal apologized for the "despicable" remarks, citing a agelong conflict with alcoholism.

3. "Neil Patrick Harris serving a nutrient platter astatine his Halloween party, modeled to look similar Amy Winehouse's corpse. And this was conscionable 3 months aft she died. He's a sick bastard."

In May 2022, a photograph primitively taken successful 2011 astatine a Halloween enactment hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka resurfaced connected Twitter. It showed that they served a graphic nutrient platter labeled arsenic "The Corpse of Amy Winehouse." The incidental caused important backlash owed to its insensitive nature, occurring lone 3 months aft the singer's decease from intoxicant poisoning.

In a connection to Entertainment Weekly, Harris said: “A photograph precocious resurfaced from a Halloween-themed enactment my hubby and I hosted 11 years ago. It was regrettable then, and it remains regrettable now. Amy Winehouse was a once-in-a-generation talent, and I'm atrocious for immoderate wounded this representation caused.”

4. "Jon Hamm. I'm truthful sick of him getting a walk erstwhile helium virtually tortured someone."

In 1990, Jon Hamm participated successful a convulsive hazing astatine the University of Texas. In fact, it was truthful convulsive that the incidental led to transgression charges and to the fraternity section permanently disbanding. The victim, Mark Allen Sanders, said helium was "severely beaten, dragged by a hammer, and had his pants lit connected fire." The pledge besides said that Hamm participated “till the precise end."

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sanders said, "Hamm went connected to acceptable his jeans connected fire, shove his look successful dirt, and onslaught him with a paddle. [...] Sanders said helium needed aesculapian attraction and withdrew from the school. Court records amusement the suit was dismissed successful 1993."

When asked astir the incidental during a 2018 interrogation with Esquire, the interviewer "noted that Hamm’s tone, aft the taxable was brought up, became 'tinged with anger,' and helium said, 'I anticipation I didn’t motion up for a deed piece.' [...] He downplayed it arsenic 'sensationalized' and called idiosyncratic being led astir 'with the claw of a hammer beneath his genitals' a 'bummer.'"

5. "Woody Allen's matrimony to his ex-partner's adopted daughter, with whom helium became a begetter fig first."

Outside of the intersexual molestation allegations by adoptive girl Dylan Farrow, Allen is besides well-known for starting a narration with his then-girlfriend Mia Farrow's girl Soon-Yi Previn (whom Farrow adopted with ex-husband André Previn). Allen had known Soon-Yi since she was a child.

According to this long and analyzable timeline arsenic laid retired by Bustle, Soon-Yi (who archetypal met Allen successful 1979 erstwhile she was 10 and helium was 43) and Allen secretly began a intersexual narration successful December 1991 — Allen was inactive with Mia Farrow astatine the time.

The Bustle nonfiction explains, "Allen testified successful court during a 1993 custody conflict that his intersexual narration with Previn began 'a fewer days aft Christmas' successful 1991, erstwhile she was location for the holidays from her freshman twelvemonth astatine Drew University successful New Jersey. He was 56 and Previn was 21. He admitted that 'at the precise outset, it didn't hap to maine that [the relationship] would beryllium thing but a backstage thing.'"

In January 1992, Farrow said that she recovered nude Polaroids of Soon-Yi successful Allen's apartment. Later that year, successful August, is erstwhile Dylan Farrow says Allen sexually assaulted her (though helium has repeatedly denied the allegations). That aforesaid month, Allen publically confirmed his narration with Soon-Yi, and they were aboriginal joined successful 1997.

6. "Tiffany Haddish and her disgusting 'comedy skit.' She made kids enactment retired sexually suggestive scenarios connected camera successful the sanction of 'comedy.' Never should person recovered from that shit."

In September 2022, Tiffany Haddish and chap comedian Aries Spears were sued for allegations of grooming and intersexual maltreatment of 2 minors (a member and sister) successful a 2014 drama skit titled "Through a Pedophile's Eyes".

Haddish’s ineligible squad called the suit a "shakedown" and "meritless". However, Haddish stated connected Instagram that she "deeply regrets" her engagement successful the skit, saying it was "not comic astatine all." The suit was dismissed with prejudice soon aft being filed, with the plaintiff (referred to arsenic Jane Doe) stating, "I present cognize that [Haddish] would ne'er harm maine oregon my brother".

7. "Russell Crowe abusing edifice unit by throwing a telephone astatine them."

In June 2005, histrion Russell Crowe was arrested successful New York City for throwing a telephone astatine a edifice employee, a concierge named Nestor Estrada. Crowe had been attempting to marque a long-distance telephone to his woman successful Australia from his country astatine the Mercer Hotel, but was incapable to connect. After increasing frustrated, Crowe went down to the lobby, wherever helium argued with Estrada and threw the phone, striking the concierge successful the face. Estrada suffered a chopped beneath his close oculus and required aesculapian attention.

Crowe was led from the edifice successful handcuffs and charged with second-degree battle and transgression possession of a limb (the telephone). He spent six hours successful constabulary custody. In August 2005, Crowe reached a confidential settlement with Estrada successful a civilian lawsuit, reportedly paying astir $100,000. In November 2005, helium pleaded guilty to a lesser complaint of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He was fined and received a conditional discharge, which allowed him to debar situation clip and proceed moving successful the US, provided helium did not perpetrate further offenses for a year.

Crowe publicly apologized for the incident, including an quality connected The Late Show with David Letterman, describing it arsenic "possibly the astir shameful concern that I've ever gotten myself successful my life". He attributed the outburst to a operation of "jet lag, loneliness, and adrenaline."

8. "Mark Wahlberg spent clip successful situation due to the fact that helium participated successful a hatred crime. He severely bushed a antheral and knocked him unconscious."

Back successful the '80s, portion increasing up successful the Boston area, Wahlberg, past a teenager, was charged for aggregate race-related hatred crimes.

According to the Independent, "In 1986, a past 15-year-old Wahlberg and 3 friends were charged for chasing 3 Black children and pelting them with rocks portion yelling: 'Kill the n*****s' until an ambulance operator intervened. The adjacent day, Wahlberg harassed different radical of mostly Black children (around the property of 9 oregon 10) astatine the beach, gathering different achromatic men to articulation successful racially abusing and throwing rocks astatine them.

A seemingly unrelated 2nd incidental occurred 2 years aboriginal successful 1988, erstwhile Wahlberg attacked 2 Vietnamese men portion precocious connected the cause PCP. He called 1 man, Thanh Lam, a 'Vietnam f***ing s***' and knocked him unconscious with a five-foot woody stick, portion punching different man, Army seasoned Johnny Trinh, successful the oculus aboriginal successful the aforesaid day. Officers reported that Wahlberg utilized racist slurs to picture some men."

Wahlberg was yet charged and sentenced to 2 years successful prison. However, helium yet served 45 days of the sentence. In 2014, helium sought a pardon, apologizing for his actions arsenic a youth, but aboriginal dropped the petition successful 2016. He told the Guardian successful 2020 that helium had allegedly "done the work" to marque things right.

9. "Kelsey Grammer allegedly sexually abused his kids' babysitter."

In 1995, histrion Kelsey Grammer, past 39 and astatine the tallness of his fame connected the deed tv bid Frasier, was the taxable of a wide publicized ungraded involving allegations of intersexual relations with a 15-year-old babysitter. The teenager, who worked arsenic a babysitter for Grammer's 9-year-old daughter, alleged that she and Grammer had intersexual relations connected aggregate occasions successful 1993, including astatine a New Jersey edifice and a edifice successful Arizona.

Grammer vehemently denied the allegations, maintaining that the girl’s household was aft his money. A expansive assemblage successful Somerset County, New Jersey, heard grounds successful February 1995, including taped telephone messages near by Grammer. The expansive assemblage yet declined to indict Grammer connected intersexual battle charges. Prosecutors noted that the miss waited implicit a twelvemonth to study the allegations, making it hard to find carnal grounds and resulting successful a "he-said, she-said" case. Following the expansive jury's decision, the household of the teen filed a $20 cardinal lawsuit against Grammer successful July 1995.

In 2016, Camille Meyer (Kelsey's ex-wife) and prima of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, tweeted, "Kelsey had a intersexual brushwood with his daughter's babysitter. The miss was a young teenager. He was successful his precocious thirties. He hired Roy Black."

10. "Still waiting for my Don Simpson documentary series! The pills, prostitutes, and Jerry Bruckheimer fallout, there’s truthful overmuch communicative to beryllium told….yet thanks, Jerry, hopefully your property allows it 🤷‍♀️."

Don Simpson was 1 fractional of the hugely palmy producing duo Simpson–Bruckheimer, down monolithic hits similar Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, and Flashdance successful the 1980s and aboriginal ’90s. At the tallness of his power, Simpson became infamous for utmost drug usage (especially cocaine), erratic behavior, and a toxic enactment environment. Numerous reports described him arsenic verbally abusive, sexually inappropriate with employees, and wildly unpredictable — often disappearing for days, showing up precocious to meetings, oregon derailing productions portion studios softly enabled him due to the fact that the movies kept making money.

His scandals afloat emerged aft his death successful 1996, erstwhile Simpson was recovered dormant successful his Los Angeles location from a cause overdose. In the aftermath, erstwhile assistants and colleagues went nationalist with elaborate accounts of exploitation, intimidation, and organization cover-ups astatine Paramount and elsewhere. Books and investigative reporting painted Simpson arsenic a awesome of however Hollywood successful that epoch protected almighty men contempt evident dysfunction and harm. His spouse Jerry Bruckheimer distanced himself, continuing a palmy career, portion Simpson’s bequest became a cautionary communicative astir unchecked power, addiction, and the outgo of prioritizing nett implicit people.

11. "Roman Polanski. He abused a insignificant and went into exile successful France. He continued to successfully marque movies. When helium was yet arrested decades later, implicit 100 of Hollywood’s elite signed a petition for his release. Absolutely disgusting."

In 1977, Polanski was indicted and charged with aggregate crimes aft drugging and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old miss during a photograph sprout astatine Jack Nicholson’s location successful Los Angeles.

He yet pled blameworthy to unlawful intersexual intercourse with a insignificant arsenic portion of a plea deal, with the knowing that helium would acquisition a psychiatric valuation and past beryllium sentenced. Before sentencing could occur, Polanski fled the United States successful 1978 aft learning the justice mightiness disregard the plea statement and enforce situation time. He has ne'er returned, remaining a fugitive from U.S. justness portion surviving chiefly successful France, which does not extradite its citizens.

Despite being a convicted enactment offender who fled sentencing, helium kept directing acclaimed films, including The Pianist. The Pianist was really nominated for 7 Oscars and won three, including 1 for champion director, an grant Polanski accepted remotely to a lasting ovation. Over the decades, galore salient actors and filmmakers publicly defended him oregon minimized the crime.

The victim, Samantha Geimer, has made respective nationalist statements and ineligible filings implicit the years expressing forgiveness and a tendency to spot the lawsuit closed.

12. "Kobe Bryant's rape trial. Since helium died, radical enactment similar helium was a saint connected earth."

In 2003, Kobe Bryant was arrested and charged with intersexual battle aft a 19-year-old edifice worker successful Colorado accused him of raping her successful his room. Bryant admitted that helium had enactment with her but insisted it was consensual; physical evidence showed vaginal injuries and blood, portion Bryant’s defence focused connected the accuser’s intersexual past — a maneuver that became cardinal to nationalist controversy. The transgression lawsuit yet collapsed successful 2004 erstwhile the accuser declined to testify, citing aggravated media harassment, leaked idiosyncratic information, and decease threats. Prosecutors past dropped the charges.

Although the transgression lawsuit ended, the communicative didn’t. The accuser filed a civilian lawsuit, which was settled privately successful 2005 for an undisclosed amount. As portion of the resolution, Bryant issued a public statement acknowledging that portion helium believed the brushwood was consensual, helium understood that she did not. That connection is often cited arsenic an implicit admittance of harm, adjacent arsenic it fell abbreviated of a confession. At the time, the NBA, sponsors, and overmuch of the media mostly rallied astir Bryant, and his on-court dominance helped displacement attraction distant from the case.

13. "Cardi B drugging and robbing aggregate men, and past bragging astir it. She is simply a transgression who should beryllium successful jailhouse — textbook explanation of treble standards, if a antheral admitted to fractional the crap she did, he’d beryllium cancelled, broke, abandoned, and rotting successful jail. But she continues to marque millions without immoderate consequences, she doesn’t merit what she has."

In 2019, Cardi B faced contention aft aged videos resurfaced successful which she described things she did earlier becoming famous, saying that portion moving arsenic a stripper she would sometimes cause men and rob them aft they brought her backmost to edifice rooms.

The comments were wide interpreted arsenic admissions of superior crimes and sparked statement implicit accountability, sex treble standards, and whether hardship oregon endurance circumstances could ever warrant specified actions. Cardi B responded by acknowledging she made those statements, saying, "Whether oregon not they were mediocre choices astatine the time, I did what I had to bash to survive." Cardi B was ne'er formally charged oregon prosecuted for her actions.

14. "Jerry Seinfeld, arsenic a 39-year-old, dated a miss who was successful HIGH SCHOOL."

In 1993, Jerry Seinfeld was successful a narration with 17-year-old precocious schoolhouse senior, Shoshanna Lonstein. Seinfeld was 21 years older than her astatine the time. Though, allegedly, they lone went "public" aft Shoshanna turned 18 and dated for 4 years.

In a Playboy interview that year, Seinfeld said, "I met this girl, Shoshanna. She’s a precise saccharine girl, and she’s precise pretty. I didn’t cognize however aged she was — I knew she wasn’t 40. I took her to a hoops game, and that was the full thing. [...] I don’t conscionable that galore women I like, period. So erstwhile I similar someone, I don’t attraction astir her race, creed, oregon nationalist origin. If I similar her, I don’t care. I don’t discriminate. If she’s 18, if she’s intelligent, that’s fine.”

Sometime later, Seinfeld, a impermanent connected The Howard Stern Show, past said, "I didn’t recognize she was truthful young. This is the lone miss I ever went retired with who was that young. I wasn’t dating her. We conscionable went to a restaurant, and that was it.”

15. "Hulk Hogan’s son, Nick Bollea, got into a car mishap that near his champion person permanently and severely encephalon damaged. Got distant with it, too."

According to NBC News, "In August 2007, Bollea was progressive successful a car clang successful Clearwater, Florida successful which a rider was critically injured. Investigators said astatine the clip that Bollea was driving his car recklessly erstwhile it crashed, injuring rider John Graziano. Graziano, a veteran, was reportedly connected beingness enactment with encephalon injuries aft the crash. Bollea yet turned himself successful and pleaded nary contention to reckless driving with superior bodily harm and was sentenced to 8 months successful jailhouse successful 2008."

In November 2023, Bollea was arrested and charged with driving nether the power successful the aforesaid city. NBC News reported, "The sergeant who pulled him implicit reported that Bollea showed signs of impairment and performed poorly connected tract sobriety tests. He besides refused to instrumentality a enactment intoxicant contented trial and had a beardown odor of intoxicant connected his breath, and his equilibrium was unsteady. Bollea was arrested connected a misdemeanor complaint of driving nether the power and refusing to instrumentality the BAC test. He was released aboriginal that evening with a $500 enslaved assessment, according to online records."

16. Finally, "23-year-old Don Johnson surviving with his 15-year-old girlfriend, Melanie Griffith."

According to InStyle, "In 1972, then-14-year-old Griffith met Johnson, who was 22 astatine the time, connected the acceptable of their movie, The Harrad Experiment — which her mother, Tippi Hedren, besides starred in."

The nonfiction continued, "Johnson and Griffith moved successful together erstwhile she was 15 and got engaged connected her 18th birthday, tying the knot successful 1976. On the evening earlier the wedding, 'I had been with [ex-Miss World] Marjorie Wallace astir of the night,' Johnson aboriginal admitted. 'Melanie called astatine astir 4 oregon 5 successful the morning. We professed undying emotion and flew to Las Vegas and got married.'" The matrimony lasted six months.

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