A Portland man tells The Hollywood Reporter that Star Trek actor George Takei groped him at the actor's home in 1981.

Scott R. Brunton told the industry publication he was working as a waiter and beginning a career as a commercial actor and model when he met Takei at a bar.

The two reconnected later at a time when Brunton had broken up with his boyfriend, Brunton said, and Takei offered a sympathetic ear.

After an evening of dinner and theater, they ended up at the actor's condominium.

Brunton recalls having two drinks and feeling disoriented.

Then, Brunton told The Hollywood Reporter:

"The next thing I remember I was coming to and he had my pants down around my ankles and he was groping my crotch and trying to get my underwear off and feeling me up at the same time, trying to get his hands down my underwear," Brunton says. "I came to and said, 'What are you doing?!' I said, 'I don't want to do this.' He goes, 'You need to relax. I am just trying to make you comfortable. Get comfortable.' And I said, 'No. I don't want to do this.' And I pushed him off and he said, 'OK, fine.' And I said I am going to go and he said, 'If you feel you must. You're in no condition to drive.' I said, 'I don't care I want to go.' So I managed to get my pants up and compose myself and I was just shocked. I walked out and went to my car until I felt well enough to drive home, and that was that."

Four longtime friends of Brunton told the publication he told them years ago about the encounter.

Takei, now 80, denied the allegation through a spokesperson to the publication and through a series of tweets on Saturday.

Public records show Brunton is now 60 and has lived at addresses in Bandon, Portland and Lake Oswego.

-- Allan Brettman