Graphic Allegations Begin To Stack Up Against James Franco

We  mentioned that Ally Sheedy (of Brat Pack fame) tweeted out a cryptic allegation against James Franco and then promptly deleted it.

But of course, the internet doesn’t forget.. so Stephen Colbert grilled Franco on his show… and he sort of waffled on his answer.

I wondered if that was the answer of someone who didn’t want to call a woman a liar… or someone who KNEW he was guilty.

Well, like clockwork the allegations are pouring in… and some of them are pretty graphic.

According to Daily Mail:

Five women are accusing James Franco of sexual misconduct in a Los Angeles Times expose.

Violet Paley had a consensual relationship with the actor, but claims that he once forced her into performing oral sex on her while they sat in his car.

The other four women were students at Studio 4, Franco’s now-closed acting school, and claim the 39-year-old Oscar nominee asked women both on set and in class to perform topless or even completely nude.

One of those women, Sarah Tither-Kaplan, claims that she was shooting a nude orgy scene with Franco and several other actresses when he took off the protective piece of plastic covering their genitals while simulating oral sex.

So um… that’s pretty gross.

It turns out some of these women have actually spoken out before…

This is not the first time Paley and Tither-Kaplan are speaking out, with both women having shared parts of their story on Twitter this weekend following Franco’s Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical.

Tither-Kaplan, 26, said that landing a role in Franco’s upcoming film The Long Home was a huge break for her after working with the actor at Studio 4.

While at Studio 4 she had enrolled in Franco’s Sex Scenes master class, and in one short video that she filmed for the class she appeared topless.

Listen… I know someone is going to take issue with a “Sex Scenes master class” but I DO think that can be handled in a mature and professional way. I don’t think simply participating in the class itself discredits her in the least.

Aaaand I’ll ALWAYS have issues with these sorts of videos of people being uploaded without their consent:

That video was then uploaded to Vimeo without her knowledge she claims, and projecting an image she is not comfortable with while trying to move up in the industry.

And a still from the video ended up on at least one adult website according to Tither-Kaplan.

‘Now, if you Google me, you can see me naked. Before I’ve ever been on TV or before I’ve ever had any real credits or before any of this – of course I regret that. I don’t want that,’ said the young woman.

So that doesn’t discredit her in my mind, but this certainly seems questionable…

Despite this, she was happy to take a role on The Long Home, which Franco ius both directing and starring in alongside an eclectic cast of actors including Ashton Kutcher, Courtney Love, Robin Lord Taylor, Annaleigh Tipton, Josh Hutcherson and Oscar-winner Timothy Hutton.

While on set, Tither-Kaplan was asked if she would be willing to appear in a nude orgy scene, which she admittedly agreed to do because she saw her appearance in the film as a big break in her career.

So she felt used before, but then she was in his film?

I dunno… I get feeling like this is a big break in your career, but it does always seem odd to me.

The next part is so gross….

Tither-Kaplan appeared with several other women in the scene, and they each wore nothing but a piece of plastic known as a genital guard.

She claims that when it came time for Franco to simulate oral sex on the actresses, he removed the guard and continued to act out the scene with no barrier between his mouth and the women’s vaginas.

So… yeah that’s gross. For everyone involved. Sounds like STD city if you ask me. Also, did any of them say anything? Like “don’t remove my genital guard.”

Just curious.

The fifth accuser was actually his girlfriend…

Paley, 23, said that Franco was a mentor who was helping her on a script she was working on back in 2016, which eventually led to a relationship between the two.

It was at the start of that relationship when she claims Franco forced her into performing a sex act.

‘I was talking to him, all of a sudden his penis was out,’ said Paley.

‘I got really nervous, and I said, “Can we do this later?” He was kind of nudging my head down, and I just didn’t want him to hate me, so I did it.’

She said that she was able to stop only when she claimed to see people approaching the car.

Oh jeez….

Franco is denying all of it.

Franco, speaking through his lawyer, Michael Plonsker, denied the allegations being made by all five women.

He did however call and apologize to both Tither-Kaplan and Paley according to the two women.

WHAT IS HE APOLOGIZING FOR IF HE DENIES IT?

Woof.