Beastie Boys’ Adam Horovitz believes sexual misconduct allegations about his father
December 1, 2017 by admin
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Nine women have come forward to accuse playwright Israel Horovitz of sexual misconduct, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Jocelyn Meinhardt was 19 in the summer of 1989 when she joined Horovitz in a fellowship at the Gloucester Stage Company in Massachusetts. Meinhardt had known him already, as his son, Adam Horovitz of Beastie Boys fame, was her high school boyfriend. In the New York Times report, Meinhardt claimed Israel drove her to his family home, where he began to kiss and fondle her. He then allegedly led her to his bedroom, where she claimed he raped her.
A then-16-year-old au pair, Frédérique Giffard, for the Horovitz family also came forward and claimed he groped her breasts and placed her hand on his erect penis.
Seven more women reported acts of sexual misconduct by the playwright, who has written works such as “The Indian Wants the Bronx,” “Park Your Car in Harvard Yard” and “Out of the Mouths of Babes.” Maia Ermansons, 21 when her experience occurred last year, detailed her story online, claiming he “pulled me onto his lap and licked my lips and tried sticking his tongue in my mouth several times.”
He allegedly told her, “No great woman has ever become great by being a good girl.” Israel left her a voicemail a few months later, apologizing for the “terrible, terrible misunderstanding.” She saved it.
The Gloucester theater cut ties with Horovitz last week after learning of Ermansons’ allegations.
“I apologize to the brave women who came forward in 1992 and 1993 but were not listened to,” Elizabeth Neumeier, the Gloucester board’s current president, also said in a statement. “We are individually and collectively appalled by the allegations, both old and new.”
Israel, now 78, responded to the allegations, saying that though he has “a different memory of some of these events, I apologize with all my heart to any woman who has ever felt compromised by my actions, and to my family and friends who have put their trust in me. To hear that I have caused pain is profoundly upsetting, as is the idea that I might have crossed a line with anyone who considered me a mentor.”
Adam, better known to his fans as Ad-Rock, released a statement supporting the nine women who have raised allegations against his father.
“I believe the allegations against my father are true,” he told the Times, “and I stand behind the women that made them.”
