George Clooney has joined the big stars caught in sex scandals after attacking their old pal Harvey Weinstein for sexually harassing actresses — after shocking claims by a troubled former “ER” costar! But the star is also quickly responding after former “ER” star Vanessa Marquez has accused him of covering up her own claims of sexual harassment on the show’s set. Vanessa, who won two SAG Awards for her work on “ER,” reportedly went to social media to say: “Clooney helped blacklist me when I spoke up about harassment on ‘ER” — adding a quote that she attributes to her old costar: “Women who don’t play the game lose their career.”
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Clooney responded to the claims on Friday afternoon, telling
RadarOnline.com: “I had no idea Vanessa was blacklisted. I take her at her word. I was not a writer or a producer or a director on that show. I had nothing to do with casting. I was an actor and only an actor. If she was told I was involved in any decision about her career then she was lied to. The fact that I couldn’t affect her career is only surpassed by the fact that I wouldn’t.”
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Vanessa specifically accused"ER" star
Eriq La Salle as one of the stars who sexually harassed her on the set, and even said that Amblin Productions head
Steven Spielberg approved her blacklisting in the industry.
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The actress played Nurse Wendy Goldman on the first three seasons of the hit show, and declared in her rambling statement that "Clooney and ['ER' producer John] Wells are liars who organized my being blacklisted for 25 years."
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Vanessa added that she first spoke out about the "ER" harassment in 1995 — asking: "Imagine if someone harassed
Clooney's wife or daughter? Would he tell them what he told me?"
Clooney responded to the claims on Friday afternoon, telling
RadarOnline.com: “I had no idea Vanessa was blacklisted. I take her at her word. I was not a writer or a producer or a director on that show. I had nothing to do with casting. I was an actor and only an actor. If she was told I was involved in any decision about her career then she was lied to. The fact that I couldn’t affect her career is only surpassed by the fact that I wouldn’t.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Vanessa specifically accused"ER" star
Eriq La Salle as one of the stars who sexually harassed her on the set, and even said that Amblin Productions head
Steven Spielberg approved her blacklisting in the industry.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The actress played Nurse Wendy Goldman on the first three seasons of the hit show, and declared in her rambling statement that "Clooney and ['ER' producer John] Wells are liars who organized my being blacklisted for 25 years."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Vanessa added that she first spoke out about the "ER" harassment in 1995 — asking: "Imagine if someone harassed
Clooney's wife or daughter? Would he tell them what he told me?"
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