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What Women Said "Melania" Director Brett Ratner Did to Them
In 2017, at the height of the #MeToo movement, six actresses told the Los Angeles Times that a prominent Hollywood director was sexually violent toward them.
Natasha Henstridge said he forced her to give him oral sex. Olivia Munn said that he masturbated in front of her, then lied to others that they’d had sex. Jaime Ray Newman shared that he’d sexually harassed her on a flight. According to Katharine Towne, the director followed her into the bathroom at a party after making unwanted advances. Jorina King detailed hiding from him in the bathroom; seemingly in exchange for a speaking part in a film, she said that he went into her trailer and asked to see her breasts. Eri Sasaki said that, on set, he repeatedly asked her to enter a bathroom with him, and when she declined, he allegedly said: “Don’t you want to be famous?”
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who on Thursday will stand next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
In a 2018 interview about the #MeToo movement, the First Lady told ABC News, “I support the women—they need to be heard. We need to support them. And also men, not just women,” adding that accusers “cannot just say to somebody … ‘I was sexually assaulted’ or ‘You did that to me.’ Because sometimes the media goes too far and the way they portray some stories, it’s not correct. It’s not right.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/melania-trump-documentary-brett-ratner-metoo/
Natasha Henstridge said he forced her to give him oral sex. Olivia Munn said that he masturbated in front of her, then lied to others that they’d had sex. Jaime Ray Newman shared that he’d sexually harassed her on a flight. According to Katharine Towne, the director followed her into the bathroom at a party after making unwanted advances. Jorina King detailed hiding from him in the bathroom; seemingly in exchange for a speaking part in a film, she said that he went into her trailer and asked to see her breasts. Eri Sasaki said that, on set, he repeatedly asked her to enter a bathroom with him, and when she declined, he allegedly said: “Don’t you want to be famous?”
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who on Thursday will stand next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
In a 2018 interview about the #MeToo movement, the First Lady told ABC News, “I support the women—they need to be heard. We need to support them. And also men, not just women,” adding that accusers “cannot just say to somebody … ‘I was sexually assaulted’ or ‘You did that to me.’ Because sometimes the media goes too far and the way they portray some stories, it’s not correct. It’s not right.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/melania-trump-documentary-brett-ratner-metoo/
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Here is the director of this "movie:
According to the crew, this director was an asshole
Ashamed ‘Melania’ Crew Members Hope Documentary ‘Flops’
— Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD (@googeliart.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T23:18:53.085Z
BAD BLOOD
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ash...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ashamed-melania-crew-members-hope-documentary-flops/
Working on the film “wasn’t easy money,” explained yet another source, as “people were worked really hard” on the production. And the person most commonly cited for causing those hard conditions is director Brett Ratner.
One Melania crew member told Rolling Stone that Ratner was “slimy.” Melania Trump, while “boring,” they said, was “totally nice.”....
“Brett Ratner was the worst part of working on this project,” another crew member said. While others were put off by Ratner’s reported lack of cleanliness (he left a constant trail of “discarded orange peels and gum wrappers” everywhere he went, according to the crew), others said the director was less than charming.
The Daily Beast has reached out Ratner’s company for comment.
The report includes an anecdote about Ratner eating “in the grubbiest way possible” while crew members were not allowed a meal break. One said Ratner was “either being a d---” or had “no awareness whatsoever.” Another said he dropped his chewed gum into a cup of coffee on her cart and “didn’t acknowledge my existence.”
One Melania crew member told Rolling Stone that Ratner was “slimy.” Melania Trump, while “boring,” they said, was “totally nice.”....
“Brett Ratner was the worst part of working on this project,” another crew member said. While others were put off by Ratner’s reported lack of cleanliness (he left a constant trail of “discarded orange peels and gum wrappers” everywhere he went, according to the crew), others said the director was less than charming.
The Daily Beast has reached out Ratner’s company for comment.
The report includes an anecdote about Ratner eating “in the grubbiest way possible” while crew members were not allowed a meal break. One said Ratner was “either being a d---” or had “no awareness whatsoever.” Another said he dropped his chewed gum into a cup of coffee on her cart and “didn’t acknowledge my existence.”