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Actor James Franco attends FIJI Water at HFPA’s Official Viewing and After-Party at the Wilshire Garden inside The Beverly Hilton on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.Stefanie Keenan—Getty Images for FIJI Water  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:58 PM UTCPublished: Jan 11, 2018 2:59 PM UTC Five women have accused [James Franco](http://time.com/5096550/nyt-james-franco-event-canceled/) of inappropriate behavior, according to a [new report](http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html) in the Los Angeles _Times._ Four of the women who came forward were Franco’s students. Two of the women, [Violet Paley](https://twitter.com/VioletPaley/status/950252181965410304) and [Sarah Tither-Kaplan](https://twitter.com/sarahtk/status/950165990213496832?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fhollywood%2Fla-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html), first went public with their allegations on Twitter after the [Golden Globes](http://time.com/5095804/golden-globes-red-carpet-me-too/). Franco [was criticized ](http://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/)after he wore a pin to the awards ceremony in support of [“Time’s Up,”](http://time.com/5091793/golden-globes-times-up-pin-red-carpet-men/) a [movement](http://time.com/5083809/times-up-hollywood-sexual-harassment/) launched by Hollywood women to combat sexual harassment and gender inequality. Franco’s attorney denied all of the allegations of misbehavior, according to the _Times_. His attorney did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night, Franco [said the allegations](http://time.com/5096701/james-franco-stephen-colbert-golden-globes/) made by Paley and Tither-Kaplan on Twitter “are not accurate.” Franco has taught aspiring actors and filmmakers at Playhouse West in Hollywood and Studio 4, a film school he launched in Los Angeles and New York in 2014\. Former students at both Playhouse West and Studio 4, which closed last fall, told the _Times_ that the actor asked them to take off their shirts. Tither-Kaplan, a former Franco student, told the paper that while she was filming an orgy scene with Franco, he removed a protective plastic guard from other actors while he was simulating oral sex on them. Paley, who was not one of Franco’s former students, told the _Times_ she began a romantic relationship with Franco in early 2016 after he said he would help her with a script she had written. She said that, at one point in their relationship, he pressured her to perform oral sex on him. > [](https://twitter.com/VioletPaley/status/950252181965410304) Paley’s second comment about a 17-year-old refers to a 2014 incident in which Franco [connected on Instagram](http://gawker.com/james-franco-tried-to-hook-up-with-a-17-year-old-on-ins-1557491436) with a fan he had met outside his Broadway show, _Of Mice and Men_. The woman told him online that she was “nearly 18,” and Franco allegedly asked her: “Should I rent a room?” In an interview on _Live! With Kelly and Michael_ in April 2014, Franco [expressed regret](http://ew.com/article/2014/04/04/james-franco-instagram-teenager/) about the incident. “I’m embarrassed, and I guess I’m just a model of how social media is tricky,” Franco said. “It’s a way people meet each other today, but what I’ve learned is you don’t know who’s on the other end. I used bad judgement and I learned my lesson.” Franco, who has been promoting his latest film _The Disaster Artist_ on the awards circuit, is the latest high-profile Hollywood man to be [accused of misconduct](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) in the wake of [dozens of allegations against mogul Harvey Weinstein](http://time.com/4979258/harvey-weinstein-what-happens-next/). **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated Tither-Kaplan’s accusation of inappropriate behavior against Franco. 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