Sexual harassment is rampant in Hollywood with new news and allegations surfacing every day against Hollywood powerhouses. The last to get embroiled in this controversy is Sylvester Stallone who has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor in 1986.
According to Fox News, Rocky has completely denied any involvement in the alleged incident, which puts him in the same category as Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner and Kevin Spacey, all of whom have been accused of the same.
“This is a ridiculous, categorically false story. No one was ever aware of this story until it was published today, including Mr Stallone. At no time was Mr Stallone ever contacted by authorities or anyone else regarding this matter,” a rep for Stallone told the media.
The alleged incident is reported to have occurred in Las Vegas while he was filming the movie “Over the Top.”
A woman has come forward claiming that Stallone, who was 40 then and his bodyguard at the time, 27-year-old Mike De Luca, had inappropriate sexual contact with her and threatened her safety when she was 16.
She declined to be identified, but a police report was uncovered from the time in which she detailed her encounter in a room at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. An employee of the hotel supposedly called police when a friend of the victim informed him or her that she needed advice.
Allegedly, the teen met Stallone while he was filming at the location and she was staying with family friends. After meeting the “Rocky” star the previous day, she tried to see him again to get an autograph for a friend. That’s when De Luca, who died in 2013, reportedly gave her a key to Stallone’s hotel room. The woman said that she consented with Stallone but when he included his bodyguard in the act, she tried to decline but both the men shut her down and refused to listen.
She told police that she would have been fine if the encounter had been between just her and the actor, despite her only being 16. However, De Luca’s presence made her uncomfortable, but she says she was helpless and couldn’t do anything.
After the incident, Stallone told her to keep quiet or they would have to “beat her head in” as they were both married men. Feeling humiliated and intimidated she decided to bury the incident and not press charges until now.
