James Franco admits sleeping with his acting school students: ‘I was not clearheaded’

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‘doing a lot of work’ on himself since the accusations surfaced and had called on his background with recovery from addiction.He faced claims of sexual assault in January 2018, when several women came forward.At the time, Franco claimed the allegations were ‘not accurate’ but did not want to ‘shut down’ people who ‘did not have a voice’.Speaking on The Jess Cagle Podcast, Franco said that while teaching, he ‘did sleep with students, and that was wrong’.He stressed that he had not started the school to lure women for sexual purposes.‘I suppose at the time, my thinking was if it’s consensual, OK,’ he continued. ‘At the time I was not clearheaded.’The actor added he had kept quiet for such a long period because ‘there were people that were.