Who Wants to Talk About UFOs?

The Danish photographers Peter Helles Eriksen, Sara Galbiati, and Tobias Selnaes Markussen recently published a book about people who claim to have been abducted by UFOs (or Unidentified Flying Objects, for the uninitiated). The assumption in these cases is that the UFOs did not originate on Earth but traveled here from some alternate solar system elsewhere in the Universe.

The premise of such folks is that extraterrestrials journeyed to Earth from other planets circling other stars, curious to get their hands on Earthlings and subject them to a variety of tests intended to explore and understand their earthly composition and behavior.

The Danish book Phenomena featured a seminal character in the saga of purported abductees, one Travis Walton, who claimed to have been kidnapped in Arizona for five days in 1975 by aliens.

And I don’t mean E.T. on a bicycle riding across the face of the moon.

“In Denmark or in Europe, it’s kind of taboo,” said one of the Danish photographers.

“If you believe in UFOs, you keep it to yourself. It’s not something you go around talking about, because the majority will think that you're kind of mad. But in America, especially, of course, the places we went [Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada], it was more like an understanding—‘If you believe in this, I’m not going to question you.’ It’s almost like a religion—‘I won’t judge you, everybody has their right to believe in what they want.’”

In America people who believe in such fantasies are less likely to be considered daft than in more rigorously scientific societies that flourish in most of the rest of the western world, especially during Trump Times.

Yeah, I’ve had that feeling for a while—that purported alien abductees are indeed “kind of mad.”

Actually, one can look back a bit earlier in American history to uncover the first alleged alien abduction on Earth, in the U.S.—which appears to be the landing site of choice for purported space cadets.

In this regard I admit to a conflict of interest in that the noted UFO “debunker” Philip J. Klass was my first cousin twice removed, and I held him in the highest regard. Cousin Philip, “a founding Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal and for 35 years the senior avionics editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology, [was] the leading debunker of claims that UFOs are space vehicles.”

When Philip published his fourth book on the subject, UFO Abductions: A Dangerous Game, in 1989,

“he trace[d] the checkered history of UFO abduction reports to the third week of September, 1966, when Look magazine broke the story of Betty Hill and her husband, Barney, who claimed they had been abducted by a UFO five years earlier and subjected to a superficial physical examination by curious but friendly UFOnauts.”

“Thus,” said book reviewer Clarence Petersen writing in the Chicago Tribune,

“was born a veritable UFO abduction industry. Others said young children had been kidnapped by aliens and returned after flesh samples had been removed; still others have alleged that women have been kidnapped and impregnated.”

Cousin Philip, who actually ate dinner at my home when I was a small child according to my brother—whose interest in things aeronautical was always more intense than mine—had no faith in alien abduction theories or, indeed, in UFOs per se.

“‘Would you like to know the truth?’” cousin Philip asks in his book,

“before proceeding to show that there are no credible UFO abduction cases, including the most celebrated, most ‘persuasive’ reports. [Klass] turns up one lie after another, one coverup after another, a grand irony in that the UFO crowd itself has been hollering coverup—by the Air Force, by the scientific community and by ‘world leaders.’”

Cousin Philip died in 2005, and in his New York Times obituary was described as follows:

“Philip J. Klass belonged to the small and somewhat peculiar class of individuals known as debunkers. The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves. . . .

“[Klass’s] real argument, like all debunkers’, was not with the people who believed they had witnessed or experienced some paranormal event but with those who made an industry of igniting their imaginations. Klass dedicated one book to ‘those who will needlessly bear mental scars for the rest of their lives because of the foolish fantasies of a few.’”

With Cousin Philip looking over my shoulder from the Great Beyond, most assuredly not from an alternate universe, I read with some interest about a $22 million Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program that was run out of the Pentagon from 2007 to 2012 by former DOD intelligence officer Luis Elizondo. Funding for the program was obtained by former Democratic Senator Harry Reid beginning in 2009 (with assistance from the late Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye and the late Republican Senator Ted Stevens).

(I can’t imagine the commencement of such a program during Philip’s lifetime. He would have raised holy hell.)

Not only did the study attempt to confirm the existence of potential threats by extraterrestrials, but it also was concerned with advanced aircraft programs that might have been developed by China or Russia.

The existence of this program has just been made public, and it came to the conclusion, with the blessing of Senator Reid, that it “really couldn’t find anything of substance. . . . It all pretty much dissolved from that reason alone—and the interest level was losing steam.”

Not one to take no for an answer, Mr. Elizondo indicated upon his resignation from the program that:

“Despite overwhelming evidence at both the classified and unclassified levels, certain individuals in the [Defense] Department remain staunchly opposed to further research on what could be a tactical threat to our pilots, sailors and soldiers, and perhaps even an existential threat to our national security.”

Throughout the duration of the program, Cousin Philip must have been turning over in his grave. At its conclusion, he must have given at least a chuckle—or even a chortle—of glee, so firm was he in his convictions that UFOs were utter nonsense:

“To disprove claims of U.F.O. sightings and stories of ‘alien abductions,’ Klass combined gumshoe investigative work—witness interviews; close examination of documents, many of which he found to be doctored; inspections of ‘landing’ sites—with scientific knowledge and the information he was able to extract from industry sources. His explanations for what prompted reports of U.F.O.’s were sometimes prosaic: people had been deceived by meteor showers, by planets giving off eerie glows, by giant weather balloons launched by the government or by smaller prank balloons sent up by teenagers. He attributed a series of U.F.O. sightings in New Zealand to bright lights cast by Japanese squid boats.

“Some of his investigations produced findings that were spooky in a Cold War kind of way. U.F.O.’s cavorting over Michigan in 1967 were determined by Klass to be fixed-wing aircraft secretly sent up by the military contractor Raytheon to test an experimental radar system. Several years later, Klass showed that a ‘saucer’ casting vast amounts of light downward near Lake Zurich, Ill., had been, in fact, a plane with an ‘intense flash lamp’ mounted in its belly—which bathed the ground in light at five-second intervals to test a new system for night photography. . . .”

The evening news this week has played and replayed a tape purporting to show a UFO that flew high and fast in unexplained ways, speculating that it may well have been a genuine extraterrestrial vehicle investigating the Earth’s stratosphere which appeared to “defy the laws of physics.”

However, as Michael Sokolove indicated when Cousin Philip died, “Klass was the voice of cool reason, seeking to demonstrate that a temporary inability to fill in the whole story should not open the door to wild speculation.”

Rest in peace, Cousin Philip. The speculators and charlatans who live by fooling the gullible could not deliver the goods to the satisfaction of the U.S. Department of Defense, and hence your well-earned reputation as the Great Debunker is safe. With any luck, eternally safe.

#MeToo Accelerates as Women Continue Speaking Out

The pace of the #MeToo wave of accusations has not lagged.

Far from it.

Some of the charges are jarring but they do not flag.

— Famed orchestra conductor Charles Dutoit was today accused of sexual assault against a rising young opera star;

— Judge Alex Kozinksi of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, who had sat on the bench for 32 years, has resigned after being accused by at least 15 current and former clerks and other employees of sexual harassment;

— This past week Kentucky Republican state Rep. Dan Johnson, who had been accused of raping his daughter’s fourteen-year-old friend, committed suicide by a gunshot to his head. Johnson, also a pastor, could not live with the public shame and ignominy. His wife immediately mischaracterized Johnson’s death as a “high-tech lynching,” echoing the wholly inappropriate 1991 description by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of Anita Hill’s accusations of his sexual harassment;

— Accused pedophile Alabama Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore went down to thunderous defeat two weeks ago in an election with historic reverberations, as Donald Trump attempted to withdraw his endorsement of Moore (complete with robocalls) post-election, and the Senate conspired to delay the swearing in of winner Democrat Doug Jones;

— Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold has agreed to resign from the House of Representatives even as the House Ethics Committee begins collecting evidence against him;

— Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken has confirmed his decision to retire from the Senate effective January 2d;

— Actress Salma Hayak wrote a heartfelt and detailed New York Times article that specified Harvey Weinstein’s continuous crude and threatening acts of sexual harassment during the making of Hayak’s movie about the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo;

— Three NFL Network analysts including a Hall of Fame inductee have been suspended following commencement of a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct: Marshall Falk, Ike Taylor, and Heath Evans, all former NFL stars, and three other former players Donovan McNabb, Warren Sapp, and Eric Davis were also named in the legal action;

— NFL Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced that he is selling his franchise after being outed in a Sports Illustrated story about a variety of sexual abuse allegations and settlements;

— Yet another PBS radio host, Tavis Smiley, joined a list of long-established executives, newsmen, and hosts (Charlie Rose, Tom Ashbrook, Leonard Lopate, David Sweeney, Jonathan Schwartz, John Hockenberry, Michael Oreskes, and Garrison Keillor) who have been involuntarily fired or suspended due to a variety of acts of sexual harassment and abuse. I’d hazard a guess that the openings for new hires at NPR have never been better;

— New accusations have been leveled at Def Jam Recordings founder Russell Simmons, who was already under scrutiny;

— More accusers have come forward with stories of sexual abuse by actor Dustin Hoffman;

— The number of dancers who accused New York City Ballet artistic director and superstar Peter Martins of bad acts mushroomed with a chorus of complaints of violent intimidation by current or former male dancers;

— Trying to stay ahead of the curve, “Super Size Me” director Morgan Spurlock accused himself publicly and in writing of sexual misconduct against his classmates, co-workers, two wives, and assorted girlfriends stretching back decades to his college days.

The women (and some men) whose careers were short-circuited and whose persons were assaulted—having long suppressed their fear, anger, embarrassment, and humiliation—continue to come forward and tell their stories.

At a rapid head-turning pace. #MeToo

They have inspired women in a number of other countries to do the same, including Britain and France.

Public figures who were insulated from disclosure by their gravitas and accumulated power for decades are being fired from prestigious jobs or are resigning in disgrace.

Democratic New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has led a public charge against Predator in Chief Donald Trump himself, demanding a Congressional ethics probe as well as the resignation of Trump from the presidency. For her trouble, Gillibrand found herself on the receiving end of a tweet from Trump accusing Gillibrand of conducting herself like a hooker, pretty much par for the course where Trump is concerned.

Gillibrand responded in an appearance on the “Today” show by calling Trump a “bully” and his tweet a “sexist smear.” In an editorial response to Trump, USA Today added that “A president who'd all but call a senator a whore is unfit to clean toilets in Obama's presidential library or shine George W. Bush's shoes.”

Three of Trump’s accusers came forward to press their complaints in detail during a press conference as they await a decision to continue or dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit against Trump from the New York State court that heard arguments just last week.

Following is a revised and updated catalogue of notable men whose careers were forged in America and who pursued women in a variety of egregious and often illegal ways on and off the job. Some received unwanted publicity years or even decades ago when their conduct was publicized and punished, but most have only had their unsavory and/or criminal escapades recently unearthed for public scrutiny.

The newest list of abusers includes:

A President, two federal judges, 29 politicians, 14 business and sports moguls, athletes, and an Olympic gymnastics doctor, 20 radio and television news executives, hosts, and analysts, 25 movie studio heads, producers, promoters, directors, and writers, a literary critic, two editors, 25 singers, actors, a musician, and a magician, three master performers, two celebrity photographers, a hotelier, and five celebrity chefs. The total number of sexual harassers and abusers featured below is now up to 131.

It is impossible to predict how many more prominent shakers and movers may find themselves on the receiving end of sexual harassment or abuse claims in the days and weeks to come.

The Big Four continue to be comprised of the following four long-time miscreants:

— Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein (103 victims and counting)

— Actor Bill Cosby (58+ victims)

— U.S. Women’s Gynastics Dr. Larry Nassar (140+ victims)

— Writer-director James Toback (310+ victims)

An expansive list of prominent men on the “most-offensive” list now includes the following):

I. President:

1. Donald J. Trump

Number of accusers: twenty (20)

Dates of accusations: early 1980s-2013

II. Judges:

2. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 1980-1983

3. Associate Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski

Number of accusers: fifteen (15)

Dates of accusations: various

III. Politicians:

Alabama:

4. Former State Supreme Court Judge; former Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore

Number of accusers: nine (9)

Dates of accusations: 1977-1991

Arizona:

5. Republican Rep. Trent Franks

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: recently

California:

6. Democrat Assembly Majority Whip Paul Bocanegra

Number of accusers: six (6)

Dates of accusations: 2009

Colorado:

7. Democratic State Rep. Steve Lebsock

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2016

Florida:

8. Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel

Number of accusers: six (6)

Dates of accusations: various

9. Republican Rep. Mark Foley

Number of accusers: four (4) or more

Dates of accusations: 2001-2006

Illinois:

10. Republican Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert

Number of accusers: four (4) or more

Dates of accusations: 1960s-1970s

11. Republican Rep. Daniel B. Crane

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 1980

Indiana:

12. Republican Rep. Mark Souder

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2004-2010

Kentucky:

13. Republican House Speaker Jeff Hoover

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: recent

14. Republican Rep. Brian D. Linder

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: recent

Maryland:

15. Washington County Commissioner LeRoy E. Myers Jr.

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2017

Massachusetts:

16. Democratic Rep. Gerry E. Studds

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 1973

Michigan:

17. Democratic Rep. John Conyers

Number of accusers: two (2) or more

Dates of accusations: 1997-2005, 2015

Minnesota:

18. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Senator Al Franken

Number of accusers: six (6)

Dates of accusations: 2003, 2006, 2010

19. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) State Senator Dan Schoen

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 2015(?)

20. Republican State Rep. Tony Comish

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 2010(?)-2017

Nevada:

21. Republican Senator John Ensign

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2009 (?)

22. Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: 2015, 2016

23. Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 2011-2016

New York:

24. Democratic Rep. Eric Massa

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2008-2010

25. Democratic Rep. Frederick W. Richmond

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 1978

26. Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner

Number of accusers: seven (7) or more

Dates of accusations: 2011, 2013, 2016

North Carolina:

27. Chief of Staff (for Rep. Mark Meadows), Kenny West

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 2012 (?)

Ohio:

28. Republican state Rep. Wes Goodman

Number of accusers: dozens

Dates of accusations: various

29. Republican state Sen. Cliff Hite

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2017

Oregon:

30. Republican Senator Bob Packwood

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: on or before 1995

Texas:

31. Republican Rep. Joe Barton

Number of accusers: multiple (??)

Dates of accusations: 2015

32. Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2014

IV. Business and Sports Moguls, Athletes, Olympic Gymnastics Doctor:

33. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2013

34. Billionaire, English business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, owner of The Virgin Group of 400 companies Richard Branson

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: 2010 (??)

35. Former NFL star Eric Davis

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

36. DFJ Founding Partner and Tesla board member Steve Jurvetson

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

37. Former NFL star Donovan McNabb

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

38. Hall of Fame quarterback and Sports 1 Marketing owner Warren Moon

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: recently

39. USA Women’s Gymnastics Dr. Larry Nassar

Number of accusers: one hundred forty (140) or more

Dates of accusations: 1994-2016

40. Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sherpa Capital / Uber Shervin Pishevar

Number of accusers: five (5)

Dates of accusations: recent

41. Founder and CEO of phone startup Essential Products Andy Rubin

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2014

42. Def Jam Recordings founder, CE of Rush Communications, philanthropist Russell Simmons

Number of accusers: eleven (11)

Dates of accusations: 1983-2016

43. Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky

Number of accusers: numerous

Dates of accusations: decades past

44. Former NFL star Warren Sapp

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

45. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2016

V. Radio & Television News Executives, Hosts, Analyst:

46. Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes

Number of accusers: at least ten (10)

Dates of accusations: 1967-2016

47. NPR veteran host of “On Point” Tom Ashbrook

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: unclear

48. Fox News host and contributor Eric Bolling

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: recent

49. NFL Network analyst and former player Heath Evans

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

50. NFL Network analyst and former player Marshall Falk

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

51. President and publisher of The New Republic Hamilton Fish

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: unclear

52. NBC News political analyst Mark Halperin

Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more

Dates of accusations: 1994 to recently

53. NBC Today Show Host Matt Lauer

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016, etc.

54. New Yorker star reporter, Georgetown lecturer Ryan Lizza

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: recent

55. Public radio host of “The Leonard Lopate Show” Leonard Lopate

Number of accusers: uncertain

Dates of accusations: not known

56. Fox News host Bill O’Reilly

Number of accusers: five (5) or more

Dates of accusations: 2002-2017

57. NPR senior vice president of news and editorial director Michael Oreskes

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 1990s, 2015

58. NFL Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson

Number of accusers: uncertain

Dates of accusations: various

59. Fox News political commentator Geraldo Rivera

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 1973

60. CBS, PBS, Bloomberg News Anchor, host, contributing correspondent Charlie Rose

Number of accusers: twenty (20)

Dates of accusations: late 1990s-2011

61. Public radio host of “The Jonathan Channel” Jonathan Schwartz

Number of accusers: uncertain

Dates of accusations: not known

62. Radio and television host Ryan Seacrest

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2007 (?)

63. Vox Media editorial director Lockhart Steele

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

64. NPR Chief News Editor David Sweeney

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: unclear

65. NFL Network analyst and former player Ike Taylor

Number of accusers: unclear

Dates of accusations: not known

66. New York Times White House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush

Number of accusers: unspecified (multiple)

Dates of accusations: 2012, 2013, 2017

VI. Movie Studio Heads, Producers, Promoters, Directors, Writers, Agent:

67. Producer, director, writer Woody Allen

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 1995

68. E! News correspondent Ken Baker

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: unclear

69. Children’s book author, illustrator and motivational speaker Dallas Clayton

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: unknown

70. Producer and director Gary Goddard

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: 1974

71. Public radio host and writer John Hockenberry

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: past ten (10) years at least

72. Playwright Israel Horowitz

Number of accusers: nine (9)

Dates of accusations: early 1980s-2016

73. The Flash and Supergirl showrunner Andrew Kreisberg

Number of accusers: nineteen (19)

Dates of accusations: unspecified

74. Artforum art magazine publisher Knight Landesman

Number of accusers: nine (9) or more

Dates of accusations: various

75. Pixar co-founder/Disney Animation head John Lassseter

Number of accusers: numerous

Dates of accusations: various

76. “Girls” writer/TV producer Murray Miller

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2012

77. CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy writer and producer Rick Najera

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: recent

78. Polish director Roman Polanski

Number of accusers: five (5)

Dates of accusations: 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984

79. Amazon Studios head/chief promoter Roy Price

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2015

80. Producer and director Brett Ratner

Number of accusers: six (6)

Dates of accusations: early 1990s, 2004-2005, 2014

81. Nickelodeon showrunner Chris Savino

Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more

Dates of accusations: 2002-present

82. “One Tree Hill” creator and showrunner Mark Schwahn

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 2003-2012

83. Tech bloger Robert Scoble

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: 2009-2014

84. “X-men” director Bryan Singer

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2003

85. “Super Size Me” Director Morgan Spurlock

Number of accusers: none publicly (self-accused)

Dates of accusations: decades.

86. Director Oliver Stone

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: early 1990s (?)

87. Writer and director James Toback

Number of accusers: three hundred ten (310) or more

Dates of accusations: 1987 to the present (?)

88. Talent agent Adam Venit

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2016

89. “Mad Men” showrunner and writer Matthew Weiner

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2009

90. The Weinstein Company producer: Harvey Weinstein

Number of accusers: at least one hundred three (103)

Dates of accusations: 1970s-2015

91. The Weinstein Company producer: Bob Weinstein

Number of accusers: one (1) or more

Dates of accusations: 2016

VII. Literary Critic, Editors:

92. DC Comics editor Eddie Berganza

Number of accusers: three (3)

Dates of accusations: unclear

93. New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier

Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more

Dates of accusations: uncertain

94. Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2005

VIII. Singers, Musician, Magician, Actors:

95. Ben Affleck

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: 2003, 2014

96. Casey Affleck

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: 2010

97. David Blaine

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2004

98. Former Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2002

99. Comedian Louis C.K.

Number of accusers: five (5)

Dates of accusations: Beginning about 2002.

100. Stephen Collins

Number of accusers: four (4)

Dates of accusations: 1973-1994

101. Bill Cosby

Number of accusers: fifty-eight (58) or more

Dates of accusations: 1965-2008

102. Andy Dick

Number of accusers: more than one

Dates of accusations: recent

103. Richard Dreyfuss

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: mid-1980s

104. Robert Herjavec

Number of accusers: one (1) ??

Dates of accusations: 2015

105. Dustin Hoffman

Number of accusers: six (6)

Dates of accusations: 1980, 1985, 1991

106. Michael Jackson

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 1985-1992, 1986, 1988, 1992 (??)

107. Porn star Ron Jeremy

Number of accusers: more than a dozen (12+)

Dates of accusations: during the past thirty (30) years or so

108. Ethan Kath

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2004-2014

109. R. Kelly

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 1996-present

110. Danny Masterson

Number of accusers: four (4)

Dates of accusations: uncertain

111. Jeremy Piven

Number of accusers: four (4)

Dates of accusations: 2003, 2011, other dates (?)

112. Geoffrey Rush

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2015

113. Steven Seagal

Number of accusers: three (3) ???

Dates of accusations: 1991-2005

114. Charlie Sheen

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 1985

115. Tom Sizemore

Number of accusers: one (1)

Date of accusation: 2003

116. Kevin Spacey

Number of accusers: twenty (20) or more

Dates of accusations: 1981-2014

117. Sylvester Stallone

Number of accusers: one (1)

Date of accusation: 1986

118. George Takei

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: about 1980

119. Jeffrey Tambor

Number of accusers: two (2)

Dates of accusations: unclear

120. Ed Westwick

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2014

IX. Master Performers:

121. Artistic director and principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 1991

122. Metropolitan Opera Conductor James Levine

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 1968, 1979, 1985 et seq., 2016

123. Artistic Director of New York City Ballet and instructor at School of American Ballet Peter Martins

Number of accusers: numerous

Dates of accusations: late 1980s to present

X. Celebrity Photographers:

124. Terry Richardson

Number of accusers: nine (9) or more

Dates of accusations: 2001-2014 (?)

125. Bruce Weber

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2014

XI. Hotelier, Celebrity Chefs:

126. Hotelier André Balazs

Number of accusers: four (4)

Dates of accusations: 1991-2014

127. Famed chef, TV show host, and restauranteur Mario Batali

Number of accusers: four (4)

Dates of accusations: various

128. Chef John Besh

Number of accusers: one (1) against Besh; twenty-five (25) or more re a culture of abuse within Besh’s restaurant group

Dates of accusations: 2015, previously and continuing

129. Spotted Pig co-owner, restauranteur, and chef Ken Friedman

Number of accusers: multiple

Dates of accusations: 2004 to present

130. Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini

Number of accusers: four (4)

Dates of accusations: various dates

131. Chef Julian Medina

Number of accusers: one (1)

Dates of accusations: 2017 (?)

[Updated December 21]