James Franco breaks silence, admits to sleeping with students from his acting school
James Franco said he believed the encounters to be consensual and was "completely blind to power dynamics." He also described his struggle with sex addiction and its impact on his relationships.
Updated December 23, 2021 at 3:52 PM ET
In a rare and wide-ranging interview, James Franco acknowledged he slept with students of the acting school he co-owned, saying he believed their encounters to be consensual despite the striking imbalance of power.
The Oscar-nominated actor has faced several allegations of sexual misconduct since 2018 — which he denied at the time — and earlier this year settled a class-action lawsuit led by two former students who claimed they were sexually exploited and victims of fraud at the now-closed school.
Franco addressed those allegations and his struggles with sex addiction, among other topics, in an interview with The Jess Cagle Show, which posted to YouTube on
