Ben Affleck accused of groping Hollywood makeup artist at Golden Globes party
Annamarie Tendler is demanding an apology from the actor over the alleged incident
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Your support makes all the difference.A makeup artist has accused Ben Affleck of assaulting her at a Golden Globes party in 2014.
Annamarie Tendler tweeted the allegation after the actor was forced to apologise for acting “inappropriately” in the wake of actress Hilarie Burton's accusation that he groped her breasts on a TV show in 2003.
Tendler demanded an apology for the separate incident which happened over a decade later, tweeting: “I would also love to get an apology from Ben Affleck who grabbed my a** at a Golden Globes party in 2014.
“He walked by me, cupped my butt and pressed his finger into my crack,” she added, writing: “I guess he tried to play it like he was politely moving me out of the way and oops touched my butt instead of my lower back?”
Tendler, author of The Daily Face, stated that while she remained silent at the time, she has “thought a lot about what [she'd] say if [she] ever saw him again.”
The allegation comes in the wake of another old video which shows the Batman actor asking a Canadian journalist to expose her breasts during a junket interview for the Kevin Smith film Jersey Girl.
Affleck can be heard saying to the TV host in the newly-resurfaced 2004 clip: “They would like it better if you did this show topless, the station, wouldn’t they?”
The actor has gained increasing attention in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal which has seen more than a dozen women - including Angelina Jolie and Léa Seydoux - accuse the film producer of sexual assault and harassment following the release of a damning New York Times expose.
Following Affleck's statement, in which he claimed he was unaware of Weinstein's misconduct, Rose McGowan - one of the actors mentioned in the original investigation - accused the actor of lying. She alleges that he was fully aware of Weinstein's actions.
The Independent has contacted Ben Affleck for comment.