So we want to make sure the foundation is laid in a responsible way where communication is had about what she wants from life as a woman - whether she wants to have kids or go back to school - whatever she wants to do.'įox had two children from his previous marriage to Vanessa Williams, whom he divorced in 2005 after six years of marriage.

'I've failed in marriage before, and this will be her first marriage. 'We've been honest about that conversation, and we've had it,' he explained. The pair discussed marriage, but in an interview with US Weekly, Fox shared Dushku had other goals in mind first. 'At the time, Eliza was too scared to tell the whole story and in a way I think she protected me from knowing because she knew how frightened I was of the powerful men on the set.' Relationships.ĭushku began dating former Canadian basketball player Rick Fox in 2009. And it was years later that I finally understood fully what really happened. 'No, it was not her career that I feared for, as that meant nothing to me. 'I accept your condemnation as Eliza’s mother,' she wrote in response to comments that she had allowed the abuse. Since then, he has had two more allegations made against him.ĭushku's mother, Judy, responded to criticism via Facebook, following her daughter's brave admission. Kramer denied the allegations as 'just outright hyperbole and lies'. I was met with blank stares and had the sense that I wasn’t telling that person anything they didn’t already know.' I was on the True Lies set for three weeks and reported Joel Kramer‘s inappropriate sexual behavior towards 12-year-old Eliza to a person in authority. 'I was her legal guardian and took seriously my need to have her in my sight at all times, which was often difficult to do. Sue Booth-Forbes, who was Dusku's legal guardian at the time of filming, said in 2018: 'Eliza Dushku is telling the truth.' 'That image has haunted me near nonstop since. 'And a few weeks ago, I found an internet photo of Joel Kramer hugging a young girl,' she wrote.

Instead, he 'disappeared in the bathroom and emerged, naked, bearing nothing but a small hand towel held flimsy at his mid-section.'ĭushku wrote that she thought Kramer had been forced out of his Hollywood work after being 'found out', but later learned he was still working in the industry, On one occasion he told her parents he would take her for a swim in the hotel's pool. In her account, she also alleged Kramer groomed her by gaining the trust of both her parents. 'He laid me down on the bed, wrapped me with his gigantic writhing body, and rubbed all over me,' she wrote. She said the stunt coordinator molested her in a Miami hotel room. In 2018, the actor posted to Facebook, detailing accusations against Joel Kramer. Sadly, almost two decades after acting in True Lies, Dushku would reveal during the rise of the #MeToo Movement and the Time's Up Campaign that she was sexually assaulted by a stunt coordinator on set.

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