AJ Calloway has denied sexually assaulting anyone, but the numbers are starting to pile up against him.
It should be noted several of the women making accusations about him are anonymous, so it is truly his word against their word.
Here is what THR reported today.
Jeannie Delgado says she met Extra host A.J. Calloway on a flight from Newark to Los Angeles in 2008. They became friendly, and in December 2008, Calloway invited her to a Christmas party at his house in New Jersey. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, so she didn’t hesitate when she was invited to another gathering in February 2009.
That night, there was a freezing rain and the roads were icing up. Delgado had a front-wheel-drive vehicle, and she was worried about getting home, especially since the Extra host’s capacious house was on a steep road. Calloway offered her a guest room.
“I thought it was not a big deal,” says Delgado, who works in the aviation industry. “I’m thinking this is the guest room. It turned out to be his bedroom. He closed the door behind him. He basically closed the door, locked it and tried to kiss me. I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ Then he went for my pants. He flipped me over, grabbed my hands, held them behind my back.” Holding both her hands in one of his, she says, he used his free hand to pull off her pants. “I’m 5-foot-2, 110 pounds,” she says. “He’s 6-foot-4, and I don’t know how much he weighs. He proceeded to rape me. When I tried to get up, he pulled me back down and bear-hugged me. That was for hours. I lay there crying the whole time. When the sun came up, he raped me again.”
In the months following the June publication of Abrams’ allegation against Calloway, THR has talked to five more women — including Delgado and the woman who was quoted anonymously in the Daily Beast story — who allege that they, too, were sexually assaulted. The earliest account dates to 2003; the most recent was in 2013. Two of the women, Abrams and Delgado, have reported Calloway to the police in New York and New Jersey, respectively. A third, who wishes to remain anonymous, made a claim in California, and THR has confirmed that the case is open and active. This woman shared evidence with THR that she sought a medical exam in connection with an alleged sexual assault several years ago after what she says was an encounter with Calloway.
Some of the accusers describe attacks that have certain common elements: Four say Calloway got them into a hotel room or bedroom and assaulted them; two say he wrested away their phones. In an additional statement to THR, Calloway’s attorney says: “The Hollywood Reporter’s decision to publicize these vague, unsubstantiated and mostly anonymous allegations – without providing Mr. Calloway with the details and information necessary to meaningfully respond to them – is thoughtless and rash. However, even with the limited information The Hollywood Reporter did provide to us about these allegations, Mr. Calloway can state unequivocally that these allegations are implausible and did not happen. Mr. Calloway will not sit idly by as these false and baseless allegations cause further harm to his family, career and reputation and looks forward to clearing his name.”
Calloway is married with three kids.
He has continually denied the accusations and NBC has said they have found no workplace misconduct.
We will have to see how it all plays out.
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