Jeremy Piven accused of “predatory behavior” by Longmire star Cassidy Freeman

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In response to Piven denying “unequivocally” that he groped Entourage actress Ariane Bellamar, Freeman accused Piven in a lengthy Instagram post of sexually assaulting her: “Whether or not her accusations are true, the TRUTH is I know you," she wrote. "I know what you did and attempted to do to me when I was far too young. THAT I know. And you know it too. Unless there were so many of us, that you can’t remember. Predatory behavior is a chronic way for you to seek power. Do you feel powerful? With your lawyers and your networks and your die hard man-fans who call your victims bimbos? Or do you know, in your rotten gut, that you will have to lie for the rest of your life? I hope from now on, you keep it in your pants and you never get to do it again.”

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• Piven was asked on Monday -- the day before he was first accused of sexual misconduct -- about Entourage’s women-objectifying legacy: “If I encouraged bad behavior, that’s not good,” he told The Daily Beast. “That’s not something that I want to be a part of. I played a fictional character that was based on a real person (power agent Ari Emanuel), but I’m just an actor. If you’re talking about my personal ideology, it’s the antithesis of Ari Gold.”