Entourage star Jeremy Piven, who played the foul-mouthed, quick-tempered Ari Gold, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment on set by a reality TV star.
In a series of tweets, actress Ariane Bellamar accused Piven of grabbing her breasts without consent, and sending her abusive, explicit text messages.
“Hey Jeremy Piven! ‘Member when you cornered me in your trailer on the Entourage set? ‘Member grabbing my boobies on the [couch] without asking?” she wrote.
“‘Member when I tried to leave; you grabbed me by the ass, looked at yourself in the mirror, & said what a ‘beautiful couple’ we made? #MeToo.”
Hey @jeremypiven! ‘Member when you cornered me in your trailer on the #Entourage set? ‘Member grabbing my boobies on the 🛋 without asking??
— Ariane Bellamar (@ArianeBellamar) October 30, 2017
‘Member when I tried to leave; you grabbed me by the ass, looked at yourself in the mirror, & said what a ‘beautiful couple’ we made? #MeToo https://t.co/liD7irs0o0
— Ariane Bellamar (@ArianeBellamar) October 30, 2017
She later added that Piven, “on two occasions, cornered me and forcefully fondled my breasts and bum. Once at the mansion and once on set.” Variety reports that the ‘mansion’ refers to the Playboy Mansion.
“And, don’t try to deny it, sir,” she said in another. “HBO has us on [tape] together, and I’m sure Sprint [an American telecommunications company] has electronic back-ups of your abusive, explicit texts.”
Another tweet indicated that Sprint was able and willing to search for evidence of those texts.
Jeremy Piven, on two occasions, cornered me & forcefully fondled my breasts & bum. Once at the mansion & once on set. #MeToo @AriMelber @CNN https://t.co/liD7irs0o0
— Ariane Bellamar (@ArianeBellamar) October 30, 2017
And, don’t try to deny it, sir. @HBO has us on 📼 together, & I’m sure @sprint has electronic back-ups of your abusive, explicit texts.#MeToo https://t.co/liD7irs0o0
— Ariane Bellamar (@ArianeBellamar) October 30, 2017
Sprint seems to be willing to help me find those explicit text mails you sent to me, @jeremypiven. Enough is ENOUGH with this ‘ish. #MeToo https://t.co/xTzUjJlwbH
— Ariane Bellamar (@ArianeBellamar) October 31, 2017
Piven has not yet responded to these allegations.
They come after a wave of accusations of sexual assault and harassment against Hollywood power players, including Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, director James Toback, and actor Andy Dick.
