Scott Brunton just wants an apology from George Takei.

Brunton has accused the Star Trek actor of sexually assaulting him when he was passed out in Takei's condo nearly 40 years ago.

"I would hope that he could bring himself to just apologize," Brunton told The Oregonian/OregonLive. "I don't want anything other than that."

Takei has denied the accusation.

The incident, first reported by the Hollywood Reporter, happened in 1981, Brunton said, when he was living in Hollywood and was a budding model and actor.

Brunton, who was with his boyfriend, met Takei at a bar on La Cienega Boulevard. Brunton later broke up with his boyfriend and moved out. He kept running into Takei, Brunton said. The two exchanged numbers. One day, Takei invited him out to dinner and a play at a small theater, Brunton said.

They talked about lots of things, including Takei's internment in a Japanese camp in California during World War II. Brunton said Takei whipped out two Star Trek cocktail glasses and made drinks. After the second, Brunton said, he felt as if he were going to faint.

"The room was swirling," Brunton said.

Brunton said he started to plop down in a yellow bean bag chair but that Takei led him to the couch before he passed out.

When he was coming to, Brunton said Takei was on top of him, shirt and shoes off. Brunton said his own pants were crumpled around his ankles and that Takei had his hand in his underwear, trying to get them off.

Brunton said he jumped up, got dressed and told Takei he didn't want to have sex and left, sobering up in his car.

"I know unequivocally he spiked my drink," said Brunton, who's 6-feet-2 and weighed 175 pounds back then. "It takes a lot more than two drinks to put me out."

On Facebook, Takei denied assaulting Brunton:

"I'm writing to respond to the accusations made by Scott R. Brunton. I want to assure you all that I am as shocked and bewildered at these claims as you must feel reading them.

The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur, and I do not know why he has claimed them now. I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr. Brunton, and I cannot say I do. But I do take these claims very seriously, and I wanted to provide my response thoughtfully and not out of the moment.

Right now it is a he said / he said situation, over alleged events nearly 40 years ago. But those that know me understand that non-consensual acts are so antithetical to my values and my practices, the very idea that someone would accuse me of this is quite personally painful."

Brunton said he is hurt but not surprised by Takei's denial.

"Why would he own up to it," Brunton said.

He said he's been attacked in social media by strangers who've accused him of being an opportunist and tarnishing the reputation of a man who's backed the LGBTQ community.

"I was torn by that," Brunton said. "He's done a lot toward LGBTQ rights and causes. But I'm not sure if it was from the heart."

Brunton said he's recounted the story to friends and even hoped to question Takei about it in 1994 when the actor came to Portland on a book tour. He said he called Takei at the Benson Hotel and that the actor remembered him.

At the signing, Brunton backed down. The setting wasn't appropriate to ask Takei about his motives, Brunton said.

The incident left him with a sour memory.

"I was rather disappointed in him as I thought he was becoming my friend," Brunton said. "All he really wanted to do was get in my pants. It hurts your sense of self worth."

He left Hollywood shortly after the attack, he said, and returned to Portland where he had a successful modeling career. He later moved to London and traveled the world, strutting down runways and posing for commercials.

He came back to Portland, owned a hair salon and a business that sold bath mats. Five years ago, he moved to Bandon with his husband, Duke Wolf, a retired lawyer.

Brunton said he felt the time was right to speak up, with others doing the same.

"My hope was that if he has done this to other people that they would come forward and substantiate my story," Brunton said. "I'm not sure that's necessary. He's hung himself with the Howard Stern interview."

In October, Stern asked him if he had ever grabbed another man. Takei said he had -- but in his home and not on the work.

"But it didn't involve power over the other," Takei said. "It was consensual."

-- Lynne Terry