Confirmed: Armie Hammer Rape Investigation Launched By LAPD As New Accuser Comes Forward
March 19 2021, Published 2:20 p.m. ET
Armie Hammer is currently under investigation by the LAPD over rape allegations, police confirmed on March 19.
“We can confirm that Armie Hammer is the main suspect in an alleged sexual assault investigation that was initiated Feb. 3 of this year,” an LAPD spokesperson said.
Armie Hammer Rape Allegations
The news came shortly after one of Hammer's accusers, a woman named "Effie," gave a video press conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred.
“On April 24, 2017, Armie Hammer violently raped me for over four hours in Los Angeles, during which he repeatedly slapped my head against a wall, bruising my face,” Effie said. “He also committed other acts of violence against me to which I did not consent.”
Sobbing uncontrollably, Effie related additional horrifying allegations about abuse she says she endured during their 2016 to 2020 relationship.
For his part, Hammer strongly denies any wrongdoing. His attorney, Andrew Brettler, released a lengthy statement to that effect.
Armie Hammer Rape Allegations Denial
“Effie’s own correspondence with Mr. Hammer undermines and refutes her outrageous allegations. As recently as July 18, 2020, [she] sent graphic texts to Mr. Hammer telling him what she wanted him to do to her. Mr. Hammer responded making it clear that he did not want to maintain that type of relationship with her,” Brettler said.
He showed Variety a text supposedly from Hammer to Effie, which read, “I am not going to be able to engage in you in that specific way right now. It never ends well. We can talk and be friends, but I can’t do that.”
“It was never Mr. Hammer’s intention to embarrass or expose [Effie’s] fetishes or kinky sexual desires, but she has now escalated this matter to another level by hiring a civil lawyer to host a public press conference. With the truth on his side, Mr. Hammer welcomes the opportunity to set the record straight,” the statement continues. “From day one, Mr. Hammer has maintained that all of his interactions with [Effie] — and every other sexual partner of his for that matter — have been completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory. [Effie’s] attention seeking and ill-advised legal bid will only make it more difficult for real victims of sexual violence to get the justice they deserve.”
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