Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted as a teen by Kirk Douglas, her sister writes in memoir
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/04/natalie-wood-sexual-assault-teenager-kirk-douglas-sister-memoir
In a memoir coming out next week, Wood’s younger sister identifies the actor’s long-suspected assailant
Crap
shareYes you do, all over MC.
shareDon’t take it personal. Lana Wood has been dropping this baseless accusation for years. Always said “somebody” without naming anyone. Now Kirk Douglas is dead and can’t defend himself so she names him. There’s never been a hint that he would capable of doing anything like this. Damages a man’s reputation to line her own pocket.
shareNew false accusations by pathetic sister Lana:
"Both were Hollywood superstars in the '70s". Well Natalie certainly was; Lana was just a wannabe who now is getting her 15 minutes of shame by jumping on the Me Too bandwagon of false accusations, in this case 70 years too late. And her theory that RJ knocked Natalie unconscious and then dumped her overboard; does that sound plausible to you? Me neither. Pathetic that Lana makes this stuff up decades later just for attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUpwlRRfs4
I think she gets $$ for many of these interviews esp. if they do another Dateline or something for Investigation Discovery. So maybe not so much for attention as much as milking these stories for all their worth.
shareThis did not originate with Lana Wood and Kirk Douglas was a known predator in Hollywood, at least in his younger days.
shareHe was? Where did you read that?
shareIn his own words, in his first autobiography, for one. He admitted to having inappropriate contact with young girls, and even wrote, "I think I should have been in jail". He also bragged about how he used sex to degrade and punish an anti-Semitic woman. An actress who was a friend of his was quoted as saying that you couldn't sit next him without him putting his hand on your leg - and his aggressive sexual advances were well-known.
shareFrom The Ragman's Son? Interesting. Haven't read the book.
I have a certain view of Kirk, and a rapist is not one of them. It just seems like he was too good for that. But who knows.
He also wrote about how he was "seduced" by a female teacher at age 14, which he insisted was a "good experience" (as many boys are conditioned into believing), but in actuality, it was at the very least, statutory rape. He was a victim who became a victimizer. It was also quite clear from his writings that he viewed females as sex objects.
shareYou're taking a giant leap from him saying "I think I should have been in jail" to him being a rapist. You shouldn't rush to judgement without evidence.
We are all sexual beings, and Kirk was honest. But it doesn't mean he was a bad man.
He had sex with young girls and knew they were young. That is predatory and counts as statutory rape. His treatment of the anti-Semitic woman shows that he had anger issues and that he had no respect for women. It was invasive and sick, and he was proud of it and said it felt good.
According to Natalie's friend Jackie Eastes, to whom she confided about the rape after it happened, "He said he liked young girls, and he always wanted to f***k a teenager. She probably wasn't the only one. It was really nasty and verbally abusive." Douglas also admitted to being angry and violent during intercourse.
The actor/producer who raped Natalie in 1955 (and Douglas was a producer at the time, having formed his production company, Bryna Productions, in late 1949) was said to be more than 20 years older than Natalie, and married (he married his second wife, Anne Buydens, the previous year) and was still living when author Suzanne Finstad wrote about the rape in her 2001 published biography of Natalie. Natalie was also placed on suspension by Warner Brothers for refusing to appear in the film The Devil's Disciple (1959); the reason she gave the studio is that she didn't want to be separated from Robert Wagner, whom she had married the previous year. However, her friends who knew about the rape (there were at least five of them) stated that the real reason she didn't want to make the film was that the actor who raped her was in the cast. The movie starred Burt Lancaster (who died in 1994), Kirk Douglas (who was still living at the time of the book's publication in 2001) and Laurence Olivier (who died in 1989). So yes, the man in question is definitely Kirk Douglas. This was something that was discussed among many Natalie Wood fans long before Lana Wood said anything.
Reminds me of Roman Polanski, the way he was totally unrepentant.
shareThe sister is a well know Liar
shareLana Wood keeps this crap going like an industry to make sure she keeps getting attention and money. First it was Robert Wagner taking the bullshit, now Kirk Douglas. Who will be next?
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