
“He’s six feet five so he can literally drink a bottle of vodka and not feel it. “He’s like a tank or something,” says someone who knows him well. Via Allred, Effie released the following statement after this story originally published: “While I am glad that Armie is finally getting the help I begged him to get for so long, this does not take away all of the immense pain and suffering he has caused me.” Multiple people speaking to Vanity Fair over the past four months have alluded to unresolved trauma in Armie Hammer’s own past, as well as ongoing substance abuse. I am asking for mercy and Grace, as Jesus gives all of us and asking you to please stop degrading my family. I believe that is why I was placed in that family. Not to mention the way you printed “alleged” false accusations against my son.Įvery family has “something,” but what I know is these Jewish Hammer men you tore apart in your article have all come to know Jesus as their Messiah. So it is very hurtful the negative way you portrayed my former husband, being a “ne’er do well” when he is a Columbia MBA graduate and has invested the foundation very wisely so he can make a bigger difference in this world. Michael, Misty and I are all very good friends and share our wonderful sons and grandchildren. It doesn’t seem you want to find the good that God has done in our family. I know it’s your job, but it is very upsetting that you are writing yet another article about Armie and our family and I know it’s not to vindicate our family by all the calls you are making to former alleged mistresses, their former husbands, etc… I don’t understand the position of destroying families in the press. It’s Dru Hammer and I want you to know I forgive you for writing such a scathing article on my family. In response to requests for subsequent comment, Hammer’s mother, Dru, sent the following email: In March, Vanity Fair published a detailed story on the Hammer family’s fraught legacy. “I want other survivors of sexual assault around the world to feel empowered and know that they are heard, believed, understood, supported, and loved.” “I feel immense guilt for not speaking out sooner because I feel like I may have been able to help others not become victims,” said Effie.

Hammer.”Īllred called on Hammer to work with authorities on any potential investigations rather than let his lawyers speak for him. The screenshot…is just one of hundreds sent to Mr. Hammer responded making it clear that he did not want to maintain that type of relationship with her. Hammer telling him what she wanted him to do to her. “As recently as July 18, 2020, sent graphic texts to Mr. Hammer undermines and refutes her outrageous allegations,” Brettler said. Minutes after the press conference ended, Hammer’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, sent out a strongly worded response to the allegations that included Effie’s last name as well as a screenshot purportedly showing messages Effie had sent to Hammer. I thought that he was going to kill me.”Īllred declined to disclose her client’s last name. During those four hours I tried to get away, but he wouldn’t let me. For example, he beat my feet with a crop so they would hurt with every step I took for the next week. “He also committed other acts of violence against me to which I did not consent. “He repeatedly slammed my head against a wall, bruising my face,” Effie said through tears. On March 18, a woman named Effie held a Zoom press conference alongside her lawyer, Gloria Allred, to accuse the actor of “violently raping” her in an alleged assault she says took place in 2017 and lasted over four hours. The only public statement the actor has made referencing the allegations came in January, when he explained why he was stepping away from the J.Lo film: “I’m not responding to these bullshit claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for 4 months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic.”
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In the aftermath of the allegations, Hammer stepped away from two high-profile projects: a rom-com with Jennifer Lopez and a Paramount+ series about the making of The Godfather.

The scandal ballooned as screengrabs circulated that seemed to show the actor describing sexual fantasies involving rape and cannibalism. This January, several women took to social media to accuse the actor of emotional abuse, manipulation, and sexual violence.
