James Franco, an Oscar nominee, has admitted to sleeping with students at an acting school he used to run, claiming he had a sex addiction, and has worked to modify his conduct in recent years.
In excerpts from 'The Jess Cagle Podcast' made public on Wednesday, Franco, 43, said that while teaching, he 바카라did sleep with students, and that was wrong.바카라 He said he did not begin the school to attract women for sexual purposes.
바카라I suppose at the time, my thinking was if it바카라s consensual, okay,바카라 he added in the podcast. 바카라At the time I was not clearheaded.바카라
Franco's statements were his first prolonged response to allegations filed against him nearly four years ago when the Los Angeles Times reported that five women had accused Franco of inappropriate behaviour.
Later, in October 2019, two women filed a civil suit against the 바카라Pineapple Express바카라 star, accusing him of taking advantage of aspiring actors at his now-defunct acting school and duping young women into filming graphic sex sequences.
Franco said that he acquired a sex addiction after overcoming an alcohol addiction that he had developed at an early age. 바카라It바카라s such a powerful drug,바카라 he said. 바카라I got hooked on it for 20 more years. The insidious part of that is that I stayed sober from alcohol all that time.바카라
Franco co-hosted the Oscars in 2011 and was nominated for his role in "127 Hours" in the 2012 ceremony.
According to records filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this year, the actor agreed to pay $2.2 million to resolve the civil action brought in 2019.
Franco also revealed in the podcast interview that he has been in treatment from sex addiction since 2016 and that since the claims against him, he has "been doing a lot of work" and "changing who I was."
바카라I didn바카라t want to hurt people,바카라 he said.
