Brett Ratner denied ties to late baby intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein after showing in a photograph included in the Justice Division’s newest file dump.
The “Melania” director addressed the picture throughout his interview with Piers Morgan, defending he had by no means been in touch with Epstein earlier than that picture was taken.
“Oh, effectively, that image particularly occurred round 20 years in the past,” the controversial filmmaker mentioned. “That could be a {photograph} of my fiancée, who invited me to this occasion — and that’s the place the image was taken. I had by no means been in touch with Jeffrey Epstein earlier than that picture and I used to be by no means in touch with him after. “
Nevertheless, Ratner refused to disclose the id of his ex-fiancée, whose face was redacted, in addition to one other lady featured within the picture.
After Ratner reiterated that he “by no means” had any shut affiliation with Epstein, he referred to as the rising Epstein recordsdata drama “horrible.”
“I imply, it’s horrible. You see, I’ve been by some means sucked in, you realize, by a picture,” he lamented. “There’s so many tales about so many alternative folks. It’s onerous to actually observe and observe what’s fact and what’s not fact. You may see the place one {photograph} sort of places me, you realize, there with him after which all of the tales begin to spin out.”
He added: “I didn’t know him. It wasn’t actually my world.”
This isn’t the primary time Ratner has confronted controversy. In 2017, six girls, together with actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual misconduct. The director’s lawyer, Martin Singer, famous on the time, “I’ve represented Mr Ratner for 20 years, and no lady has ever made a declare towards him for sexual misconduct or sexual harassment.”
Ratner’s work on “Melania” marks his first main movie since his #MeToo controversy. President Donald Trump, the husband of Ratner’s documentary topic, has additionally been named within the Epstein recordsdata, although, the DOJ referred to as the claims “unfounded and false” in December.
The DOJ added on the time: “If that they had a shred of credibility, they actually would have been weaponized towards President Trump already.”
Watch Ratner’s interview above.
