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Michael Douglas made headlines just a week ago when he decided to pre-emptively deny any sexual misconduct allegations that might have been coming his way.

At the time, in an interview with Deadline, he explained that he knew a former employee intended on coming forward with accusations against him. He said, “I’m bewildered why, after 32 years, this is coming out, now.”

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On Thursday, that story came out in a detailed account for The Hollywood Reporter, in which author Susan Braudy accused the actor of sexual harassment when she worked for him in the 1980s running the New York office for his production company, Stonebridge Productions.

She claims he masturbated in front of her, often used sexually charged language around the office, made “demeaning comments about her appearance and graphic discussions regarding his mistresses and more.”

In an interview with Today on Friday, she said, “He thought he was the king of the world and that he could humiliate me without any repercussions.”