The number of actresses claiming to have been contacted by a manipulative sexual predator masquerading as an Oscar-winning filmmaker has doubled.
First reported by The Hollywood Reporter in November, the conman has been cold calling women claiming to be Hugh Welchman, the director of the groundbreaking 2017 animated feature Loving Vincent.
The impostor begins by dangling the opportunity of a role in an upcoming project that he says he’s producing. From there, he’s pressured many of his targets into taking part in uncomfortable, domineering, inappropriate and increasingly sexual conversations under the guise of "energy work" and has persuaded several to move to Skype video, where a number have been coerced into taking their clothes off on.
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