James Cameron speaks out about Eliza Dushku molestation claims

James Cameron has spoken out about the alleged sexual assault of then-12-year-old actress Eliza Dushku on the set of his 1994 film, “True Lies” — saying if he had known about it, “there would have been no mercy.”
The allegations came over the weekend from the now 37-year-old actress, who says she was molested by one of the movie’s stuntmen.

“Obviously, Eliza is very brave for speaking up and I think all the women who are speaking up and calling for a reckoning now,” Cameron said Saturday while speaking at a Television Critics Association event in California.
“I think that has been an endemic through
human systems, not just Hollywood, but because Hollywood deals with women who are victims 10, 15, 20 years ago who are famous today, so they get to have a louder voice when they come forward,” the filmmaker explained. “So bravo to them for doing it. And I am glad Eliza did that.”

Cameron added, “But had I known about there would have been no mercy. I have daughters. There really would be no mercy now.”

Dushku went public with her allegations on Saturday in a lengthy Facebook post. The stuntman that she accused, Joel Kramer, 60, has denied the claims.

“This is all vile lies,” he told Us Weekly. “I never molested this young woman, ever. Who in their right mind would do that and then still work with someone another six months or seven months or however long we had left to work together, wouldn’t that be a little weird?”