In the face of sexual harassment charges from two women who worked on his recent documentary, Casey Affleck is staying strong -- thanks in part to support from female associates who are questioning the claims.
"I never saw anything out of the ordinary either on or off set, and certainly nothing like what they described in [these lawsuits]," Nicole Acacio tells the New York Post. Acacio worked with Affleck on 'I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix,' and says she came to know both producer Amanda White (suing for $2 million) and cinematographer Magdalena Gorka (suing for $2.25 million) "to some degree."
"The real Casey isn't the one who was described in these suits," Acacio says. "Nothing I've ever witnessed would lead me to think he could ever do anything like that."
A female editor from the film, who spoke under condition of anonymity, told the Post, "These lawsuits are contrary to everything that I personally know about Casey."
Affleck's lawyer, Marty Singer, tells the Post, "Both claims are total fiction" and Affleck plans to countersue each woman.
White alleges that in addition to enduring "uninvited and unwelcome sexual advances in the workplace" throughout the making of the documentary, she also wasn't paid for her work as a producer. The claim reads: "Affleck repeatedly referred to women as 'cows'; he discussed his sexual exploits and those of other celebrities that he allegedly witnessed; and asked [White], after learning her age, 'Isn't it about time you get pregnant?'"
Gorka alleges that while filming the documentary, Affleck climbed into bed with her and groped her while she was sleeping.
Affleck, 34, is married to Joaquin Phoenix's sister, Summer, and has two children.
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