The Hollywood actor and producer was at the center of a high-profile trial. Two girls accuse him of sexual harassment, another spoke of the man’s “disturbing behavior”. One of the witnesses claims that she met Sebastian on social networks in 2016, when she was 17 years old.
Bear-McClard promised to arrange for her to film with Robert Pattinson in a film produced by Josh and Benny Safdie. Earlier, the man arranged for her to have an intimate date at a loft club in Soho. Then she ended up on the set in New York. While waiting for the right scene, she said she was forced to strip in front of a dozen male cast and crew members.
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The victim, now 24, claims she had to audition for a scene with an actor who had recently been released from prison before being hired for the film. “The Elara Pictures team was made aware of Sebastian’s behavior in July 2022. They immediately stepped in and fired him,” said a spokesperson for the Safdie brothers.
The girl’s name ended up in the credits of the film, but she remembers the connection with Bear-McClard with bitterness. “I was completely stunned and felt horrified. My frustration only increased when the actor whispered an obscene line in my ear during the camera shots,” the victim said in her statement.
The girl admitted that she continued to maintain an intimate relationship with the producer by mutual agreement for more than two years. In New York, the age of consent is 17.
The second incident happened after Sebastian married Emily Ratajkowski. The victim said the actor and producer started showing signs of attention to her when she was 18 years old. He promised to make her a star while working on Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler.
The girl claims Bear-McClard invited her to the apartment he shared with the top model and slept with her in a double bed. “Sebastian and I started kissing. The situation escalated and then, without asking my consent, Sebastian entered me without using a condom,” the statement reads.
The same witness claims that the actor and producer was following the 15-year-old girl and sending her messages through an app on her phone. “Sebastian looked pleased with himself and laughed at my remarks. He did not deny my accusation,” she added. Another defendant in the case, who worked at the site as an intern and assistant, said the husband of the world catwalk star acted provocatively and made explicit offers, Variety reports.
Friends of Ratajkowski say the model is not surprised by the allegations. She has already hired the lawyers of Brett Ward and Jackie Combs, who handled the divorce cases of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, as well as Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan.
Emily and Sebastian married in 2018, just two weeks after they met. In March 2021, their son Sylvester was born. The top model broke up with her husband due to numerous infidelities, she intends to seek sole custody of the child.