Model Behavior (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[Benn98]

Ashley Graham speaks about her Terry Richardson experience

Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 6:45 PM

Model Ashley Graham told “The View” she had concerns about working with photographer Terry Richardson, but survived the experience unscathed.

“We did work together when I was 17, 18 years old and it is unfortunate all of the allegations that are coming out,” Graham told the hosts of the ABC talk show, expressing her sympathy for model Caron Bernstein, who told the Daily News last month that she was sexually assaulted by Richardson during a 2003 photoshoot. Richardson, now the target of a criminal investigation, insists his sex acts with models were all consensual.

“It was normal enough,” Graham said of her shoot with Richardson. But she says she was less fortunate during another shoot early in her career, in which a photo assistant cornered her in a closet and showed her his penis.

“He exposed himself and said look at what you did to me all day long,” she recalled. “Now touch it.”

When that happened, Graham says was afraid to speak up because the fashion industry might think it was her fault.

“If they found out he did that to me, I thought ‘I’m never going to get hired for a job again, I’m going to be ‘the difficult model’ and no one is going to want to work with me again.”

Now 30 years old and a lot wiser, Graham insists she would not allow herself to be treated that way.

“If I knew what I knew now and I knew all of these women were standing up and saying ‘me too,’ I would have smacked that guy and said ‘he's a pedophile,’ because I was 17."

Not only would Graham stand up for herself now. She's also got her fellow models’ backs.

“I’m going to watch out for my sisters on set,” she said.

Source: NYdailynews.com

 

[kokobombon]

I understand that every victim of harrasment/abuse deals with their experience in a different way but I wish that Graham would have given specific details about the photo assistant, if not a name. These creeps need to be exposed, imagine if they´re still doing it?

 

[theBlueRider]

They said a while ago that Scott was the one suing. I want to believe that the others would stay away from bringing this more to light (Testino and Weber).

Just one question, as I really have no idea: what if she gets sued, she presents the accusations brought to her by other people, the court looks at the proof, decides to investigate the accusation and it gets proved on court? The truth of the actions matter on court? Can this backfire to the person suing? Not sure I'm explaining this well.

You have a good point. This is what happened with Harvey Weinstein. He was trying to blacklist, sue etc anyone who came out against him and call it slander. But the NYPD has a new protocol and is taking sexual harassment allegations very seriously even if it's just a lead or a tip.

 

[Deleted member 130879]

You have a good point. This is what happened with Harvey Weinstein. He was trying to blacklist, sue etc anyone who came out against him and call it slander. But the NYPD has a new protocol and is taking sexual harassment allegations very seriously even if it's just a lead or a tip.

Exactly. Victims get angrier and angrier if they see their abuser trying to get away with it or, worse, deny it. To sue someone is to call on all the victims to open their mouths.

I do hope, for everyone's sake, that Scott's accusations are fake because if not and if the victims start to come out, he'll go down fast and ugly.

I would only go to court if I was 100% clean. If not, well, you either bite the dust or just hide in shame (and get p*** slapped in the face at restaurants like Harvey).

 

[CommanderTMugler]

I understand that every victim of harrasment/abuse deals with their experience in a different way but I wish that Graham would have given specific details about the photo assistant, if not a name. These creeps need to be exposed, imagine if they´re still doing it?

This! One of the things that annoys me about this whole movement is that there's not that many names being called out... all these events and situations are being brought forward but not who is starting them.

Is it because if they name somebody they'll get sued?

I get some of them are waiting to testify in court, but I still think some people can call out names.

It annoyed me a while ago when the Weinstein scandal was in full bloom there was I think the Elle Women awards or event like that and Jennifer Lawrence just recalled that she had gone through some sort of situation with producers earlier in her career but she didn't name anyone, just that she went though a similar thing like others have, that it must stop and how everyone now is united and we need to hear everyone out. C'mon...

 

[kokobombon]

Is it because if they name somebody they'll get sued?

The Time´s Up fund exists also for this reason, so that women can come forward and have legal counsel. So if you have money and people backing you up, it takes that burden off.

 

[fashionista-ta]

This! One of the things that annoys me about this whole movement is that there's not that many names being called out... all these events and situations are being brought forward but not who is starting them.

Is it because if they name somebody they'll get sued?

I get some of them are waiting to testify in court, but I still think some people can call out names.

It annoyed me a while ago when the Weinstein scandal was in full bloom there was I think the Elle Women awards or event like that and Jennifer Lawrence just recalled that she had gone through some sort of situation with producers earlier in her career but she didn't name anyone, just that she went though a similar thing like others have, that it must stop and how everyone now is united and we need to hear everyone out. C'mon...

I'm curious ... Has anyone ever treated you badly, and are you willing to go public with every detail--names, times, places, exactly what happened? Are you willing to put your private business out there to be picked over by every member of the public?

 

[orchidee]

^EXACTLY! We need to stop being critical about victims. The fact that they speak up at all is a step in the right direction. The reason why those predators who have been exposed so far are being punished is partly because they have numerous accusers.

What if these unnamed predators end up only having one accuser? Would they be held accountable to the extent that serial offenders like Weinstein have been thus far? It's less likely. And that is a risk that these victims don't want to take because then they end up putting all their cards on the table to be scrutinized.

 

[Benn98]

What if these unnamed predators end up only having one accuser? Would they be held accountable to the extent that serial offenders like Weinstein have been thus far? It's less likely. And that is a risk that these victims don't want to take because then they end up putting all their cards on the table to be scrutinized.

But what's the point of even opening your mouth and saying 'MeToo' in this stream of conversation then? In addition to establishing that abuse in the fashion industry is rampant, I should hope that many would also want wrongdoers to be brought to justice. When you don't want to name names you run the risk of sending others into peril because the perp is still free to do as he pleases.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ They may be naming names elsewhere, to journalists or law enforcement. Just because it's not on Instagram doesn't mean they're keeping it to themselves necessarily ...

These are not simple facts ... this is far more personal and destructive than say, a hit and run car accident. The survivors have the right to determine how they're going to handle their experience. I imagine you watched the video of Uma Thurman, who to my knowledge hasn't yet spoken. She made it clear that she will speak when she's ready.

 

[sore]

I completely agree, fashionista-ta!
To be perfectly honest, if something happened to me in my toxic work environment (academia), I'm not entirely sure if I would come forward.

 

[Mea Culpa]

^ They may be naming names elsewhere, to journalists or law enforcement. Just because it's not on Instagram doesn't mean they're keeping it to themselves necessarily ...

These are not simple facts ... this is far more personal and destructive than say, a hit and run car accident. The survivors have the right to determine how they're going to handle their experience. I imagine you watched the video of Uma Thurman, who to my knowledge hasn't yet spoken. She made it clear that she will speak when she's ready.

This. This entirely!
Thank you!

(can't give you karma currently but you deserve it!)

 

[Benn98]

Oh Kate,

 

[russianelf]

Wow the delusional tweens saying she's jealous of gigi, cuz she's better than her... The disrespect... they need to wash their mouths with soap.

 

[StoneSkipper]

The most problematic part of that picture is Testino let's be honest

 

[happycanadian]

hahaha i love the shade in that photo!!

 

[Deleted member 130879]

The most problematic part of that picture is Testino let's be honest

It was before the scandal. It dates January 11th.

 

[StoneSkipper]

It was before the scandal. It dates January 11th.

Well, serves me right for not checking. Thank you for the correction.

 

[YohjiAddict]

Wow the delusional tweens saying she's jealous of gigi, cuz she's better than her... The disrespect... they need to wash their mouths with soap.

Better at keeping her mouth open maybe...That's why we should keep drugs out of the reach of young people.

 

[Littleathquakes]

hahaha i love the shade in that photo!!

Would you believe that it took me a few seconds to realize what was happening? But when I did I LIVED