Washington D.C.: Filmmaker Rob Cohen was accused of sexual harassment by a woman identified as Jane, who alleged that he assaulted her when she was unconscious. However, the Fast and Furious director has rubbished the claims.
According to a leading newswire, the incident took place in 2015 after the filmmaker invited the woman to a business meeting in Manhattan. She was called to discuss collaborating on a TV pilot.
"I have never assaulted, raped, drugged or molested anyone," said Cohen, whose daughter Valkyrie Weather also accused him of molesting her when she was a kid.
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Cohen said his daughter had decided to wage a war against him. "I have never belonged to any cigar club, and certainly was never there with Jane," said the filmmaker.
"This hateful campaign that my daughter is waging against me, and by her own admission only affirmed by her mother, is why this is happening to me," added Cohen.
Reacting to his father's statement issued on Sunday, Valkyrie said, "I don't owe anyone an explanation or hard evidence. Whatever responsibility I felt I had is over, and it's time to move on. The only thing left to say is that Rob got it wrong: I am not hateful. I am angry."
Earlier, Cohen's lawyer Martin Singer refuted the allegations in a 13-page letter.
"The proposed Story is an outrageous defamatory hit piece, making extraordinarily offensive assertions that my client engaged in heinous sexual misconduct, criminal wrongdoing, and other inappropriate behaviour, which are vehemently disputed and denied by my client," wrote Martin.
With inputs from ANI.
