Charlyne Yi spoke out against Franco in an Instagram post on April 7. Again, as a typography post, she shared how one of Franco’s peers had approached her to take part in an awareness event by sharing her story of abuse.
The mission of this event was to encourage men to hold men accountable.
She then reported having asked this person why he hadn’t held Franco accountable, after which he had ghosted her.
A day later, she made another post to shine light upon the predatory behavior that had occurred on the sets of The Disaster Artist.
She shared that because of sexual allegations against Franco at that time; she had tried to break the contract and leave the production, but to make her stay, the producers bribed her with a more prominent role in the film.
She further stated the producers minimized Franco’s behavior by calling it “so last year.”
In a later post, she used James Franco’s previous allegation to highlight how his position allows him to have a power imbalance with lawyers and supporters to gaslight the victims even more.
She termed these traits as a form of violence targeting the wound that had already been inflicted by previous trauma.
With the same post, she also used the opportunity to speak about how gaslighting is a dangerous act that can lead the survivors to lose their self-esteem, which can then result in suicidal tendencies.
