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        <title><![CDATA[Bryan Callen on hiatus from podcast after denying sex assault claims]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bryan Callen double-downed on his denial of <strong>allegations of sexual assault and misconduct</strong>.</p><p>The &#8220;Goldbergs&#8221; actor, 53, posted an impassioned video <strong>on Instagram</strong> on Sunday to once again vehemently deny the accusations leveled by four women in the Los Angeles Times and announce he&#8217;s &#8220;obviously&#8221; taking a leave of absence from his podcast, &#8220;The Fighter and the Kid,&#8221; which is co-hosted by former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub.</p><p>&#8220;I never thought in a million years that I’d be sitting here defending myself for something I did not do 21 years ago,&#8221; said Callen, referring to Katherine Fiore Tigerman&#8217;s allegation that he raped her at his house. &#8220;I categorically and absolutely deny all the allegations against me.</p><p>&#8220;I wanted you to see me say that. I didn&#8217;t want to post some stale statement,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I wanted you to hear that come out of my mouth.&#8221;</p><p>Callen said he had been receiving advice to release a statement and then &#8220;disappear&#8221; or &#8220;lay low&#8221; but insisted he will not do that.</p><p>&#8220;I have been characterized as someone that no one, no one who knows me — not my friends, not my family, not my fans — would ever recognize,&#8221; he later said, &#8220;and that’s because that is not who I am. That is not something I could do — those are not things that I would ever do. That is not how I ever lived my life.&#8221;</p><p>The actor and comedian maintained that his video was not an attack the #MeToo movement. However, he took aim at the fact that &#8220;social media and the press, alone, can act as judge, jury and executioner&#8221; without giving a person due process.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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