The actor is ready to move on | Photo: Facebook/George Takei
The man who falsely accused George Takei of sexual assault has insisted he is not a liar.
Former model Scott Brunton, 60, admitted he was not drugged or touched by the Star Trek actor last week.
He also admitted it could have been a ‘misunderstanding’ and it was not a ‘painful’ interaction.
Takei denied the allegations from the start.
Scott Brunton’s allegations against George Takei
Brunton claimed Takei spiked his drink one evening at the actor’s home in Los Angeles in 1981.
The ex-model claimed he was ‘disoriented and dizzy’.
Toxicologists have ruled out the possibility of drugs.
‘”What are you doing?!” I said, “I don’t want to do this.” He goes, “You need to relax. I am just trying to make you comfortable. Get comfortable.” And I said, “No. I don’t want to do this.” And I pushed him off, and he said, “OK, fine,”‘ Brunton said.
‘And I said, “I am going to go”, and he said, “If you feel you must. You’re in no condition to drive.” I said, “I don’t care I want to go.”‘
The 60-year-old came out about the alleged assault after reading media accounts of drink-spiked sex attacks and rape allegations against Bill Cosby.
The Observer questioned Brunton about his conflicting stories of the event. To one outlet, he claimed Takei was shirtless. In others, he said he was wearing a white t-shirt.
Brunton added: ‘He was 20 years older than me and short. And I wasn’t attracted to Asian men… I was a hot, surfer, California boy type, that he probably could have only gotten had he bought, paid for or found someone just willing to ride on his coattails of fame.’
The episode itself was ‘not painful,’ Brunton said, laughing. ‘It didn’t scar me.’
Ex-model admits Takei may not have touched his genitals
And finally, he admitted that Takei may not have have sexually assaulted him.
‘He was clearly on his way to…to…to going somewhere,’ Brunton said.
‘So you don’t remember him touching your genitals?’ he was asked.
And Brunton confessed he did not remember any touching.
He admitted that it could have been a ‘misunderstanding’, but insists it was an ‘unwanted situation’. He finally told the Observer ‘it might not have happened’.
Takei, who is best known for playing Hikaru Sulu on the original Star Trek television series, said he did not remember ever meeting Brunton.
Takei has repeatedly denied sexually assaulting ex-model
‘The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur,’ Takei said.
‘Right now it is a he said / he said situation, over alleged events nearly 40 years ago,’ Takei wrote.
‘But those that know me understand that non-consensual acts are so antithetical to my values and my practices, the very idea that someone would accuse me of this is quite personally painful.’
Brunton told ABC News that he does not understand Takei’s claim, and is hoping for an apology. He also wants to clear his own name.
‘I have friends around the world, people I went to school with, basically calling me a liar,’ he said. ‘It’s really, really disturbing.’
