Gallery: Sexual Assault Activist Brie Larson Refused To Applaud Casey Affleck When He Won An Oscar

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Sexual Assault Activist Brie Larson Refused To Applaud Casey Affleck When He Won An Oscar
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Haley Henschel
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At this Sunday's Oscars, Casey Affleck nabbed Best Actor for his performance in Manchester by the Sea — a controversial decision by the Academy given the disturbing accusations against him.

Back in 2010, two women who worked with Affleck on the set of the movie I'm Still Here filed separate cases against him. One of them — the movie's director of photography — claimed Affleck snuck into bed with her and started "caressing her back," as BuzzFeed reported. The other woman, a producer, alleged he tried to force her to stay in a hotel room with him overnight.

Though Affleck denied the accusations and later settled both cases out of court, people weren't exactly thrilled that he won an Oscar.

About Haley Henschel

Haley is a writer, editor, and illustrator from Wisconsin, so please don't serve her an Old Fashioned unless it contains brandy. Outside of work, you'll find her aquascaping, getting bossed around by her bird, or planning another trip to Australia. She currently lives in Chicago, where she's having a hard time adjusting to the whole "no ketchup on hot dogs" thing. Feel free to send your pizza recs/Kardashian konspiracies her way. Currently reading: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.

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