Portia de Rossi says Steven Seagal sexually harassed her during audition

Actress says Seagal unzipped his pants during audition.
Portia de Rossi says Steven Seagal sexually harassed her during audition
Portia de Rossi (left) says Seagal unzipped his pants during an audition. Credit: Getty Images

Another woman has come forward to accuse Steven Seagal of sexual harassment.

Portia de Rossi tweeted that the actor unzipped his pants during an audition for one of his movies. She ran out and called her agent who replied: "Well, I didn't know if he was your type."

My final audition for a Steven Seagal movie took place in his office. He told me how important it was to have chemistry off-screen as he sat me down and unzipped his leather pants. I ran out and called my agent. Unfazed, she replied, “well, I didn’t know if he was your type.”

Just a few days ago, actress Julianna Margulies recounted to Sirius XM's "Just Jenny" her experience with Seagal, who she met in a hotel room after a casting director told her he wanted to rehearse a scene:

“He made sure that I saw his gun, which I had never seen a gun in real life,” she said. “I got out of there unscathed. I never was raped, and I never was harmed. I don’t know how I got out of that hotel room.”

Lisa Guerrero, who also recently talked about her "horrible and humiliating" experience with Seagal, tweeted:

And de Rossi's wife, Ellen DeGeneres, expressed her support to the actress:

Mashable has reached out to Seagal's representative and will update this article accordingly.

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