Armie Hammer

Hammer stars in Uwe Boll's Citizen Vigilante, a film attacked by numerous critics for its treatment of migrants and glorification of extrajudicial justice. The controversy intensified when the film was promoted free of charge on X.

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Screenshots attributed to Hammer circulated in January 2021, containing extremely violent sexual fantasies involving BDSM and cannibalism. They triggered an immediate professional crisis. In subsequent statements, Hammer challenged the interpretation of the exchanges and criminal allegations, while no longer maintaining that all the messages were necessarily false.

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Effie accused Hammer of raping her in 2017 and committing other acts of violence during their relationship. The LAPD opened an investigation in 2021. In May 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced that charges would not be filed, concluding that forced and non-consensual intercourse could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

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In his first lengthy interview after the crisis, Hammer said he had 'used' people and acknowledged emotionally abusive behaviour and power imbalances connected to his fame and age.

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A video from Hammer's private Instagram account showed him making sexualised remarks and claiming to have had a relationship with a woman he called 'Miss Cayman'. The Miss Cayman Islands organisation protested, as the woman was not associated with the pageant.

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Former partner Courtney Vucekovich described Hammer as manipulative and emotionally abusive and recounted violent and cannibalistic sexual remarks that had deeply disturbed her.

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Paige Lorenze publicly described a relationship she said was controlling and abusive, involving sexual acts and behaviour that she said she had experienced as coercive or traumatic.

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Following the explosion of allegations and leaked messages, Hammer withdrew from or lost several projects, including Shotgun Wedding and The Offer. His agency WME and publicist also stopped representing him.

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