George Takei’s Accuser Changes His Story Of Sexual Assault

It looks like the man who claimed that Star Trek icon George Takei sexually assaulted him back in 1981 has changed key facts of his story, saying that the sexual assault may not have actually happened to him.

Back in November, Takei became part of the #MeToo movement that had disgraced big names in Hollywood like Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey when a man named Scott R. Brunton came out claiming that the Star Trek star had sexually assaulted him back in 198. According to Brunton, Takei had invited him back to his apartment, given him spiked drinks and then tried to remove his pants while he was passed out in Takei's home.

Now, according to the Observer's Shane Snow who has investigated the claims made by Brunton, the alleged victim has now changed key points about his story. The journalist discovered inconsistencies in Brunton's story in interviews with publications like The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, and The Oregonian.

To The Hollywood Reporter, Brenton said that Takei had been "groping my crotch and trying to get my underwear off and feeling me up at the same time."

In his interview with CNN, Brenton left out the parts where Takei touched him, saying that the actor was "on top of me and has my pants pulled down around my ankles and his hands are trying to get my underwear off."

Speaking with The Oregonian, Brunton said that "Takei was on top of him, shirt and shoes off. Brunton said his own pants were crumpled around his ankles and that Takei had his hand in his underwear, trying to get them off."

Snow then decided to do a bit of an investigation, speaking with toxicologists, people close to Takei, legal experts in sex offense cases and later on, Brunton himself. The investigative journalist then discovered that Snow had fabricated a few things in his story.

After speaking with the journalist for quite some time about the issue, Brunton was asked to clarify whether or not sexual touching without consent occurred. "Did he touch your genitals?" Snow asked.

Though Brunton replied that Takei "probably did," saying that "he was clearly on his way to going somewhere," the man admitted that he didn't really remember whether the Star Trek star touched his genitals.

This changes a whole lot of things about the issue surrounding Takei. Though Brunton remains consistent when it comes to Takei taking him home to have a few drinks, Snow's discussion with toxicologists reveals that it was very unlikely that the actor had drugged the drinks. Not only were rape drugs unavailable during that time, the manner of intoxication Brunton experienced reveals that the alleged victim was simply drunk during that time. Brunton confessing that he didn't really know whether Takei had touched his genitals or not debates the whole claim of sexual assault.

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