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        <title><![CDATA[Actor Bryan Callen accused of sexual assault, misconduct]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“The Goldbergs” actor Bryan Callen has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct — claims he vociferously denies.</p><p>After four women <strong>came forward to the Los Angeles Times</strong> with allegations from between 1999 and 2017, he said in a statement to the paper, “Let me be very clear: I have never raped, forced myself upon any woman nor offered to trade stage time for sex. EVER. I know the truth. And I can only hold my head up high, remain true to myself, my family, my audience and know that I will not allow the cancel culture to subvert what I know and as importantly, what they know, is the truth.”</p><p>Katherine Fiore Tigerman, who had been pals with Callen for years, alleges that in 1999 the stand-up comic raped her at his home after a dinner to celebrate her booking a pilot.</p><p>Tigerman claims that she felt “powerless” and “didn’t think she could escape from under the weight of his body.” So she “checked out.”</p><p>Callen, 53, vehemently denies the accusation, claiming that they had “BOTH agreed to have sex.”</p><p>Tigerman immediately told her boyfriend and best friend about the alleged rape, and both corroborated Tigerman’s retelling of the encounter to the LA Times.</p><p>Tigerman once again encountered Callen during an audition for a TV show for the role of his wife, which he claims proves he didn&#8217;t assault her.</p><p>“That is not what rape victims do,” he said, while Tigerman says if she didn&#8217;t audition, &#8220;he wins.&#8221;</p><p>Callen is also accused of assaulting an American Apparel employee in Pittsburgh in 2009.</p><p>Rachel Green claims the “Mad TV” performer pushed her against the wall of a fitting room and began &#8220;kissing my neck as he asks me if I’m going to get in trouble.&#8221; She said she immediately pushed him off and ran to tell other staff members what happened. Two of her co-workers confirmed Green had told them about what allegedly happened at the time.</p><p>Callen also denied this claim.</p><p>Another woman, comedian Tiffany King, said she reached out to Callen in 2017 for financial help during a bitter divorce and custody dispute with her ex and alleges that after eating a meal with Callen and his buddies in Pennsylvania, she gave him and another comedian, Stevie Blue Eyes (aka Steve Pearson), a ride home. She claims after Pearson was dropped off, Callen allegedly asked for fellatio in exchange for stage time and money.</p><p>King said she rebuffed Callen and drove home in tears. Callen denies the claim and Pearson says he and Callen got out of the car at the same time.</p><p>Claire Ganshert says she was a young, aspiring actress when she began a four-year affair with the actor — who has been married to Amanda Humphrey since 2008. She said she felt “devalued and demoralized” during their interactions and claimed he once told her women have a “biological, primal desire to be raped.”</p><p>Callen is a longtime pal of comic Chris D’Elia, who recently came under fire for <strong>allegedly pursuing relationships with underage girls</strong>. The two regularly appeared together on Joe Rogan’s podcast and had even signed a deal to make a prank show for Netflix, which was quietly dropped after the D’Elia accusations surfaced.</p><p>On a recent episode of his podcast, “<strong>The Fighter and the Kid</strong>,” Callen defended his “friend” D’Elia as a “ladies&#8217; man” and someone he’d “never seen or heard” doing anything illegal. Nevertheless, Callen has removed any trace of D’Elia from Instagram account.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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