Armie Hammer Breaks Silence On Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘I’m Here To Own My Mistakes’

Armie Hammer broke his soundlessness successful his archetypal interrogation since a series of enactment maltreatment allegations imploded his life. The disgraced actor, 36, denied immoderate transgression wrongdoings, revealed helium suffered puerility intersexual maltreatment and claimed helium had suicidal intentions implicit the ungraded portion speaking with James Kirchick of Air Mail. “I’m present to ain my mistakes, instrumentality accountability for the information that I was an a******, that I was selfish, that I utilized radical to marque maine consciousness better, and erstwhile I was done, moved on,” Hammer said successful the portion published Saturday, February 4.

Armie Hammer broke his soundlessness connected his enactment maltreatment allegations. (Lumeimages / SplashNews.com)

Hammer, who was accused of rape and having cannibalistic fetishes, said his interests successful BDSM originated from alleged intersexual maltreatment helium suffered astatine the hands of a younker pastor erstwhile helium was 13 years old. “What that did for maine was it introduced sexuality into my beingness successful a mode that it was wholly retired of my control. I was powerless successful the situation,” helium explained. “I had nary bureau successful the situation. Sexuality was introduced to maine successful a scary mode wherever I had nary control. My interests past went to: I privation to person power successful the situation, sexually.” The work states it corroborated this relationship with Hammer’s godmother.

The allegations, however, pushed Hammer to the brink of taking his ain life. As for the incidental described arsenic “attempted suicide” by Kirchick, Hammer offered, “I conscionable walked retired into the water and swam retired arsenic acold arsenic I could and hoped that either I drowned, oregon was deed by a boat, oregon eaten by a shark. Then I realized that my kids were inactive connected shore, and that I couldn’t bash that to my kids.” Hammer shares Harper, 7, and Ford Armand, 5. with his ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers, who near Hammer aft the allegations arose.

In 2021, Hammer was accused of intersexual maltreatment by galore women, whose claims went viral connected societal media. The astir damning allegations came from Efrosina Angelova, aka Effie, who said the histrion had sexually assaulted her portion they were successful a years-long, extramarital relationship. Kirchick elaborate alleged messages betwixt Angelova and Hammer’s then-wife Chambers, wherever Angelova reportedly admitted the matter and wrote, “I was beauteous overmuch chasing him.”

Hammer denied immoderate wrongdoing and said the intersexual brushwood Angelova referred to arsenic rape was a “scene” helium and Angelova agreed upon successful advance. “She planned each of the details out, each the mode down to what Starbucks I would spot her at, however I would travel her home, however her beforehand doorway would beryllium unfastened and unlocked and I would travel in, and we would prosecute successful what is called a ‘consensual non-consent scene,’ CNC,” Hammer calimed. “Every azygous happening was discussed beforehand. I person ne'er thrust this connected idiosyncratic unexpectedly. Never.”

The Call Me By Your Name prima besides offered a effect to accusations from 2 different women. “I would person these younger women successful their mid-20s, and I’m successful my 30s,” helium began. “I was a palmy histrion astatine the time. They could person been blessed to conscionable beryllium with maine and would person said yes to things that possibly they wouldn’t person said yes to connected their own. That’s an imbalance of powerfulness successful the situation.”

Hammer would spell connected to accidental helium was “one cardinal percent” emotionally abusive to his accusers, but insisted helium has travel a agelong mode successful his recovery. “I’m present a healthier, happier, much balanced person. I’m capable to beryllium determination for my kids successful a mode I ne'er was. I’m genuinely grateful for my beingness and my betterment and everything. I would not spell backmost and undo everything that’s happened to me,” helium said.

Despite losing retired connected galore Hollywood projects and being shunned by the manufacture aft the allegations came to light, Hammer said he’s hoping for a redemption story, ala Robert Downey Jr. “There are examples everywhere, Robert [Downey Jr.] being 1 of them, of radical who went done those things and recovered redemption done a caller path. And that, I consciousness like, is what’s missing successful this cancel-culture, woke-mob business. The infinitesimal anyone does thing wrong, they’re thrown away. There’s nary accidental for rehabilitation.”

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