In a podcast, American actor James Franco admitted that he slept with students and struggled with a sex addiction. It is Franco’s first time to address charges against him.
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James Franco has admitted to having sex with students at his now-discontinued drama school. That’s what he said on the Jess Cagle Podcast. He also stated that he struggled with a sex addiction and that he has been working on it in recent years.
He stated that he didn’t go to school to get into bed with young women so easily. “I think at the time I thought it was okay if it was by mutual consent,” Franco said. “I wasn’t thinking clearly then.”
Sexually inappropriate behavior
It is the first time Franco has elaborated since he was accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by five women nearly four years ago. That happened in the The Angeles Times.
In October 2019, two students finally filed an official complaint against the actor. They accused him of exploiting aspiring actors and he allegedly forced young women to participate in explicit sex scenes. Franco paid $2.2 million this year to settle the case.
Franco has always denied the two women’s accusations. In 2018, Franco mentioned the rumors of his sexual misconduct in The late show with Stephen Colbert ‘incorrect’. “If I’ve done something wrong, I’ll make it right. I have to.’
alcohol addiction
According to Franco, he developed a sex addiction after overcoming his alcohol addiction. In the podcast, he said that he has also recovered from his sex addiction since 2016.
Franco broke through thanks to the series Freaks and geeks. He starred in the HBO series for three seasons The deuce and took home an Oscar nomination for 127 hours, a film about a mountaineer who gets stuck behind a rock.
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