Katharine McPhee and Russell Model Anna Webber/Getty Photographs; MelMedia/Getty Photographs
Katharine McPhee reacted to the suggestion that she appeared “uncomfortable” in a resurfaced video of Russell Model pulling her onto his lap throughout a joint look on a late evening present.
“I do know nothing [about] what you are attempting to assert right here however this particular incident was over 10 years in the past and it was innocent,” McPhee, 39, wrote within the feedback of an Instagram put up concerning the encounter. “Please don’t try to use me for no matter function you are attempting to serve.”
Throughout a 2013 interview on Late Evening With Jimmy Fallon, Model, 48, was already seated subsequent to host Jimmy Fallon when McPhee walked out on the set. Fallon, 49, requested Model to maneuver over so McPhee may have his seat, however as a substitute, Model pulled McPhee onto his lap.
“Katharine is welcome to take a seat right here,” Model stated as he wrapped his arms round McPhee’s waist. “For the queen!”
Model ultimately stood up and moved, telling McPhee, “You’re lovely.” After switching seats, he added, “I’ll simply be right here with my sexual charisma.”
The last decade-old video resurfaced within the wake of a Saturday, September 16, report from U.Okay. newspaper The Instances, wherein 4 ladies accused Model of sexual assault between the years of 2006 and 2013. One girl claimed that she was 16 throughout her relationship with Model, who was in his 30s on the time and referred to her as “the kid.”
One other girl alleged that Model raped her at his house in Los Angeles. She was handled at a rape disaster heart on the identical day, which The Instances stated it confirmed by way of medical data.
Model, for his half, preemptively denied the accusations in a video shared by way of social media on Friday, September 15. “I’ve acquired two extraordinarily disturbing letters, or a letter and an electronic mail, one from a mainstream media TV firm [and] one from a newspaper, itemizing a litany of extraordinarily egregious and aggressive assaults,” he stated, including that he “completely” refutes the “very critical allegations” towards him.
Model didn’t point out the Instances article by identify however stated the allegations associated to the interval when he was “working within the mainstream” as an actor.
The whole lot to Know About Russell Model’s Sexual Assault Scandal
Russell Model is going through sexual assault, rape and emotional abuse allegations by a number of ladies. The U.Okay. newspaper The Instances revealed a bombshell article concerning the actor and comic, 48, on Saturday, September 16, wherein 4 ladies alleged being sexually assaulted by Model between the years of 2006 and 2013. Forward of the article’s publication […]
“As I’ve written about extensively in my books, I used to be very, very promiscuous. Now throughout that point of promiscuity, the relationships I had had been completely, at all times consensual,” Model continued, referencing his memoirs. “I used to be at all times clear about that then — virtually too clear. And I’m being clear about it now as effectively. And to see that transparency metastasized into one thing legal that I completely deny makes me query [if] there may be one other agenda at play.”
Model has been married to Laura Gallacher since 2017. The couple share two daughters: Mabel, 6, and Peggy, 4. In June, Model introduced that they’re anticipating their third child.
Should you or somebody you recognize has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
