Richard Dreyfuss denies harassing Los Angeles writer days after his son revealed he was assaulted by Kevin Spacey
Jessica Teich said in the mid-1980s, while working on a television show, the actor “harassed me for months” and even exposed himself to her
After supporting his son’s groping allegation against Kevin Spacey, Richard Dreyfuss was hit with accusations about his own behaviour on Friday.
Six days ago, Dreyfuss’ son Harry said when he was 18 when Spacey groped his crotch while they were at the actor’s flat rehearsing lines. Harry said Spacey knew “that I wouldn’t say a word. He knew I wouldn’t have had the guts. And I didn’t”.
Dreyfuss tweeted out support for his son after the news broke: “I love my son [Harry] more than I could explain with all the words in the world. And I am so incredibly proud of him right now.”
Los Angeles-based writer Jessica Teich now says she watched that fallout from afar, growing increasingly “bothered” given her own experiences with Richard Dreyfuss.
She told Vulture that in the mid-1980s, when she worked as a researcher and junior writer on a television show called Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville, the actor “harassed me for months”, and even exposed himself to her.
Teich was hired while she was in her mid-20s and fresh out of graduate school. Dreyfuss was 12 years older, married with a child. One day, she was summoned to his trailer for a script meeting.
