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Armie Hammer's Aunt Not Surprised By Abuse Allegations
Casey Hammer is sharing her thoughts connected the allegations against her nephew, histrion Armie Hammer.
Upon learning of sexual assault and rape allegations made against the Call My By Your Name prima by a erstwhile partner, Casey exclusively told E! News' Daily Pop that she "wasn't shocked" by the quality fixed her family's acheronian past. That past is explored successful the caller discovery+ docuseries House of Hammer, which premiered September 2.
"You don't conscionable aftermath up 1 greeting and say, 'I'm gonna beryllium a monster.' It's a learned behavior," she told Daily Pop's Francesca Amiker, adding, "My family's evil."
Armie Hammer has denied the accusations and maintains each intersexual experiences were consensual.
Casey—who is the sister of Armie's begetter Michael Armand Hammer—recalled her ain past maltreatment she allegedly experienced astatine the hands of her father, Julian Hammer, connected Daily Pop, saying, "The information that I was 11 years aged and I'm holding a telephone publication portion my begetter changeable astatine me, it's similar that was a mean acquisition for me.
Especially successful a satellite earlier radical could stock their stories connected societal media, Casey said she "didn't cognize that wealthy, famous, almighty radical didn't maltreatment their children oregon enactment them successful harm's way."
But possibly the "scariest thing" Casey relived portion rewatching the docuseries was an alleged instance from her 30s in which her father, arsenic she enactment it, "Held the weapon up to my temple each hr to marque definite I wasn't possessed by the aliens and was gonna propulsion the trigger." She shares the afloat communicative connected the discovery+ show.
She went connected to praise the "smart, intelligent, [and] successful" women who shared their experiences successful the docuseries, arsenic she hopes to animate different victims of maltreatment with her ain story.
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"It each started erstwhile I was conscionable speaking my information and hopefully empowering women," she said. "If I could impact 1 person, my communicative was worthy it."
Allegations archetypal arose against Armie successful January 2021 aft alleged NSFW messages from the prima were leaked by a erstwhile partner, immoderate of which read, "I request to portion your blood," and "You're my angel! You're made to prevention me." The poster, @houseofeffie, aboriginal admitted the messages were false.
Then in March 2021, a pistillate by the sanction of Effie (who declined to springiness her past name) accused Armie of abusing her "mentally, emotionally and sexually," arsenic good arsenic "violently" raping her successful April 2017 successful Los Angeles.
Armie's lawyer, Andrew Brettler, denied the claims in a connection to E! News on March 18, 2021, saying, "From time one, Mr. Hammer has maintained that each of his interactions with [Effie]—and each different intersexual spouse of his for that matter—have been wholly consensual, discussed and agreed upon successful advance, and mutually participatory." The lawsuit is still nether investigation.
Hear much of Casey's communicative successful the afloat interrogation above.
House of Hammer is streaming present connected discovery+.
Watch Daily Pop weekdays astatine 11 a.m., lone connected E!.
