It has been reported recently that model-actress Emily Ratajkowski alleged that singer Robin Thicke sexually assaulted her on the set of the music video for his 2013 hit Blurred Lines.
Ratajkowski, 30 wrote in her upcoming book My Body, alleged that Thicke had groped her bare breasts from behind her.
On Sunday (Oct 3), British newspaper The Sunday Times reported that the model claimed that Thicke, 44 returned to the set a little intoxicated to shoot just with her. Ratajkowski and two other near-naked models appeared together with Thicke, as well as singer Pharrell Williams and rapper T.I. in the music video.
The Gone Girl (2014) actress wrote: “Out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger’s hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke.”
Thicke has not responded to the allegations which were corroborated by the video’s director, Diane Martel. The singer is now a judge on the reality show The Masked Singer.
Martel said she recalled the alleged incident on the all-female set: “I remember the moment that he grabbed her breasts. One in each hand. He was standing behind her as they were both in profile.”
The director said she yelled at Thicke, who later apologised.
Ratajkowski, who wanted to minimise the incident and continue with the shoot as a professional, said: “I pushed my chin forward and shrugged, avoiding eye contact, feeling the heat of humiliation pump through my body. I didn’t react – not really, not like I should have.”
The model wrote in her book, which is out on Nov 9 that she did not dwell on the alleged incident until she discovered that Thicke had blocked her on Instagram, reported Straits Times.
“With that one gesture, Robin Thicke had reminded everyone on set that we women weren’t actually in charge,” she said of the alleged incident. “I didn’t have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video. I was nothing more than the hired mannequin.”
After its release, Blurred Lines topped charts around the world, but its lyrics and music video have been criticised by some who claimed they referred to non-consensual sex, although Thicke denied it. /TISG