James Franco: Ally Sheedy Hints at Sexual Misconduct, Slams Golden Globes Win

One of the most buzzed-about moments from last night’s Golden Globes ceremony did not involve Oprah or Natalie Portman. 

When James Franco was awarded the prize for for best actor in a musical or comedy, he received some unexpected backlash.

Franco called to the stage Tommy Wiseau, the director and real life director behind his role in The Disaster Artist.

but shut the enigmatic filmmaker down when he attempted to make a speech.

Wiseau was reportedly not happy about being publicly rebuked, and sources say he made his displeasure clear after the ceremony.

And it seems he wasn’t the only one who was outraged by Franco’s victory on Sunday night.

Tweeting from an unverified account, Ally Sheedy, the actress perhaps best known for her role in the 1985 film The Breakfast Club, weighed in.

She hinted that sexual misconduct on Franco’s part played a part in her decision to leave the film industry.

“James Franco just won,” Sheedy wrote.

“Please never ask me why I left the film/tv business.”

The tweet was one of several in which Sheedy was critical of Franco and the awards themselves.

“Why is a man hosting?” Sheedy tweeted at the start of the evening.

“Why is James Franco allowed in? Said too much. Nite love ya.”

Shortly thereafter, she added:

“Ok wait. Bye. James Franco and Christian Bale at a table on @goldenglobes #MeToo”

Sheedy deleted the tweets after Vanity Fair and several other outlets reported that she has implicitly accused Franco of sexual misconduct.

She worked with Franco in the 2014 play The Long Shrift, but she has never before publicly suggested that he behaved inappropriately.

This, of course, is not the first time that Franco has found himself enmeshed in a sex scandal.

Also in 2014, the actor was accused of attempting to seduce a 17-year-old girl he met online and attempting to arrange an illicit rendezvous.

He later joked about the incident while hosting Saturday Night Live.

Contacted by several media outlets, Sheedy declined to comment further on her tweets.

To some observers, this silence suggests that either there’s more to that story, or that she too was victimized by Franco.

We’ll have further details on this developing story as more information becomes available.

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Bella Thorne Bravely Reveals Details of Sexual Abuse

“Time’s Up” pins, accessories for the movement of those in Hollywood who look forward to when every single predator is exposed, were everywhere at last night’s Golden Globes.

But not everyone speaking out with #TimesUp messages was at the award show. Bella Thorne was among the actresses who shared a very personal story over social media.

And she’s revealing some chilling details of the sexual abuse that she survived as a child.

About a month ago, Bella Thorne revealed that she’s a survivor of molestation.

The revelation may have seemed casual — issued over Twitter in a terse reply — but we can only imagine the level of bravery that it took for her to send that tweet.

What led to her sharing this with the world was a fairly run-of-the-mill Bella Thorne post, in which she praised an outfit by writing: “I would f–k this suit if I could.”

Someone didn’t care for Bella’s words (if you don’t like her brazen tweets, why are you following her?), and tweeted:

“What did Disney do to this girl? I think she was molested.”

That’s a tasteless tweet for a lot of reasons, managing to malign Bella, all of Disney, and also every survivor of childhood sexual abuse who’s ever lived, all in one go.

And then came Bella’s reply:

“Yeah I was. So it wasn’t Disney.”

That is a real punch to the gut. A grim revelation that must have taken a tremendous amount of courage to share with the world.

And now, in a #TimesUp post to Instagram, Bella Thorne is providing more details about the horrors that she survived.

Bella Thorne wrote:

“I was sexually abused and physically growing up from the day I can remember till I was 14..when I finally had the courage to lock my door at night and sit by it.”

No one — and particularly no child — should have to stand vigil over their own physical safety. But that’s what Bella did.

“All damn night. Waiting for someone to take advantage of my life again.”

Some kids stop being abused when they get old enough to fight back, or “too old” for their abuser to remain interested. It sounds like Bella had to free herself.

“Over and over I waited for it to stop and finally it did.”

She knows, however, that she is, in our horrible world, one of the “lucky” ones — because she got out and she’s still alive.

“But some of us aren’t as lucky to get out alive. Please today stand up for every soul Mistreated. #timesup”

So Bella is saying here that she is a survivor of both sexual abuse and physical abuse, and that it went on from her earliest memories until what would have been 2011.

That she had to lock her door at night tells us that, like the overwhelming majority of survivors of abuse, the person (or people) who hurt her was known and presumably trusted by the family.

Bella’s not making a plea for pity. She’s sharing her story to encourage others to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves.

And to fight for those who shouldn’t have to fend for themselves.

Our society and our legal system do almost nothing to protect children.

Bella Thorne isn’t the only woman, famous or otherwise, to come forward with a heartbreaking account of the unspeakable being done to her.

The entire #MeToo movement was born of that.

And from #MeToo, which built ties of sympathy and solidarity, came the #TimesUp movement, for survivors and also their friends and supporters to come after those who set about ruining lives.

We hope that anyone who would do the evil things that Bella Thorne reports faces justice, if they have not already.

We hope that all perpetrators do.

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