Armie Hammer opens up about cannibalism and sexual assault allegations

Hollywood actor Armie Hammer finally opens for the first time since he was accused of cannibalism and sexual assault. The actor eventually responded to the allegations and denied any criminal liability, only admitting that he had emotionally abused her.

Hammer also revealed that after the allegations became public, he tried to kill himself by drowning in the ocean, but remembered his children. The allegations first came to light in January 2021 and included screenshots showing alarming messages from him to several women.

Read on to learn more.

Armie Hammer opens for the first time

It’s been more than two years since the wild allegations against actor Armie Hammer were made public, and he’s finally sharing his side of the story. Hammer addressed the multiple allegations in an interview Air Mail, grayling The Hollywood Reporter.

In the interview, the 36-year-old opened up about the sexual abuse allegations and denied any wrongdoing. However, Hammer admitted that he was “emotionally abusive” to several of his former partners.

The “Social Network” star also revealed that after the allegations came to light, he attempted suicide by drowning himself in the ocean. He said: “I just walked out into the ocean and swam out as far as I could and hoped that I would either drown or get hit by a boat or get eaten by a shark. Then I realized my kids were still on the beach and I couldn’t do that to my kids.”

Cannibalism sexual harassment allegations were made public in 2021

Allegations of cannibalism and sexual abuse were first made public in January 2021, and included several screenshots of Hammer’s conversations with several women. The screenshots showed him making strange messages that suggested he wanted to consume women’s blood and flesh.

Subsequently, several women accused Hammer of sexual misconduct and sexual and emotional abuse, which quickly spread. He immediately denied all accusations, but was soon dropped by his talent agency and personal publicist.

Hammer has pulled out of several film projects in which he starred, such as “Shotgun Wedding” with Jennifer Lopez, “Gaslit” with Sean Penn and Julia Roberts, and Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins.” The controversy was a hot topic on social media for months, with several celebrities calling for an official investigation.

She says she was sexually assaulted when she was 13 years old and that her strange afflictions were caused

During the interview Air Mail, Hammer also revealed that he was once sexually abused by a youth pastor when he was just 13 years old. According to the “Death on the Nile” actor, this experience sparked his interest in BDSM and his interest in queer sex.

She said: “It was, for me, introducing sexuality into my life in a way that was completely out of my control. I was helpless in this situation. I had no agency in this situation. Sexuality was introduced to me in a scary way where I couldn’t control it. My interest after that was: I want to control the situation, sexually.”

Hammet said he shared the alleged sexual abuse with an older friend who died years ago and his godmother, Candace Garvey. Garvey confirmed the actor’s account of his childhood trauma to the magazine.

Armie Hammer Admits ‘The Power Dynamics Were Off’

During the interview, Hammer also spoke about the accusations of two women, Courtney Vucekovich and Paige Lorenze. Vucekovich was one of the women featured in the Discovery+ documentary about Hammer’s “House of Hammer” controversy.

The actor admitted that the power dynamic in his relationships with both women was “broken” and said he was “one million percent” emotionally abusive to them. Referring to the significant age difference between her and several women, she said she knew there was a “power imbalance in the situation”.

Hammer talked about how he would “scoop up” young women and introduce them to a world of “travel, sex and drugs.”

The actor said in an interview, per People“I had a very intense and extreme lifestyle, and I picked up these women, took them into this whirlwind of travel, sex, drugs and high emotions – and as soon as I was done, you just put them down and move on to the next woman and let the woman feel abandoned or taken advantage of.