Hammer, 34, has denied the allegation.
Effie, who chose to keep her legal name private during the conference, further accused Hammer of “mentally, emotionally and sexually” abusing her during their on-and-off four-year relationship. Hammer was married to Elizabeth Chambers at the time of the affair.
“On April 24th, 2017, Armie Hammer violently raped me for over four hours in Los Angeles, during which he repeatedly slammed my head against a wall, bruising my face,” Effie said in a statement. “He also committed other acts of violence against me to which I did not consent. For example, he beat my feet with a crop so they would hurt with every step I took for the next week. During those four hours, I tried to get away but he wouldn’t let me. I thought that he was going to kill me. He then left with no concern for my well-being.”
“During and since this attack, I have lived in fear of him and for a long time I tried to dismiss his actions towards me as a twisted form of love,” she continued. “Now that he no longer has any power over me, I have come to understand that the immense mental hold he held over me was incredibly damaging on many levels.”
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In a statement provided to PEOPLE, Hammer’s lawyer Andrew Brettler denied the rape allegation and maintained that the actor’s relationship with Effie was “completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory.”
“Effie’s own correspondence with Mr. Hammer undermines and refutes her outrageous allegations. As recently as July 18, 2020, [Effie] sent graphic texts to Mr. Hammer telling him what she wanted him to do to her. Mr. Hammer responded making it clear that he did not want to maintain that type of relationship with her,” the lawyer’s statement read.
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During the press conference, Allred said she and Effie had turned over evidence to law enforcement but did not say which agency.
She made it clear it was up to LAPD to decide “if there is sufficient evidence” to file charges against Hammer.
“I challenge Armie Hammer to present all, not some, of his communications with Effie to the Los Angeles Police Department and answer all their questions directly rather than through his lawyers,” Allred said in a response to Brettler’s statement.
Multiple women have come forward, includingmodel Paige Lorenze, alleging he was abusive during what they say began as consensual BDSM relationships.
In a January 22 statement, Hammer’s lawyer addressed Lorenze’s claims toPage Six,saying “These assertions about Mr. Hammer are patently untrue. Any interactions with this person, or any partner of his, were completely consensual in that they were fully discussed, agreed upon, and mutually participatory.”
Chambers and Hammer married in May 2010 and announced their split last July after 13 years together and 9 years of marriage. They share two children.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
