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James Van Der Beek attends The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA Inaugural Emmy Nominees Night on Sept. 14, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.Rich Fury—THR/Getty Images by [Chelsea White / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Chelsea White / People Contributor Oct 12, 2017 7:30 AM UTC James Van Der Beek has revealed he too was a victim of sexual harassment. The _Dawson’s Creek_ star, 40, spoke out about his experiences as a younger actor in Hollywood after slamming those criticizing the women who have spoken out about [Harvey Weinstein](http://people.com/tag/harvey-weinstein/)‘s alleged sexual misconduct. Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918350756092305413) late Wednesday night, Van Der Beek said he had been the target of older men. > [](https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918349928547708929) “I’ve had my ass grabbed by older, powerful men, I’ve had them corner me in inappropriate sexual conversations when I was much younger,’ he tweeted. “I understand the unwarranted shame, powerlessness & inability to blow the whistle. There’s a power dynamic that feels impossible to overcome.” His comments came after he slammed those who judged the women who have alleged that they were sexual assaulted or harassed by Weinstein. > [](https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918346346989604865) > [](https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918350756092305413) “For anyone judging the women who stayed silent, read this for perspective. Also for anyone brushing off harassment as ‘boys being boys’…What Weinstein is being accused of is criminal.” “What he’s admitted to is unacceptable – in any industry. I applaud everybody speaking out,” Van Der Beek added. The Vice star is not the first male Hollywood actor to reveal he was the target of sexual harassment, [on Tuesday Terry Crews said a “high level Hollywood executive” groped him.](http://people.com/tv/terry-crews-alleges-sexual-assault-by-hollywood-executive/) “This whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD. Why? Because this kind of thing happened to ME,” the [_Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ star](http://people.com/tv/terry-crews-brooklyn-nine-nine-racial-profiling-episode/) tweeted Tuesday, revealing his ordeal in a [series of further posts](https://twitter.com/terrycrews/status/917838446697226240). Crews, 49, said the incident happened at a “Hollywood function” in 2016 and claimed the executive came over to him “and groped my privates.” “Jumping back I said What are you doing?! My wife saw everything n we looked at him like he was crazy. He just grinned like a jerk,” alleged Crews, adding in another tweet, “I was going to kick his a– right then— but I thought twice about how the whole thing would appear.” The star said, “‘240 lbs. Black Man stomps out Hollywood Honcho’ would be the headline the next day,” adding, “Only I probably wouldn’t have been able to read it because I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL. So we left.” Crews and Van Der Beek’s revelations follow the [sexual harassment and abuse scandal ](http://people.com/movies/cara-delevingne-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/) that has seen actresses including [Cara Delevingne](http://people.com/tag/cara-delevingne), Ashley Judd, [Angelina Jolie](http://people.com/movies/angelina-jolie-little-bit-stronger-difficult-year/) and [Gwyneth Paltrow](http://people.com/tag/gwyneth-paltrow/) speaking out against Weinstein’s alleged behavior. In a bombshell [_New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur) report last week, eight women accused him of acting inappropriately. The paper also reported that Weinstein reached private settlements with eight women, including actress Rose McGowan. On Tuesday, Paltrow and Jolie told of their own accounts of alleged mistreatment. Paltrow told the _NYT_ that Weinstein sexually harassed her in a hotel room when she was 22\. The encounter allegedly ended with Weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting a massage. Jolie also told the outlet that she had a “bad experience” with Weinstein in a hotel room during the release of _Playing by Heart_ in the late ’90s. Also on Tuesday, the [_The New Yorker_ ](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories)revealed — among 13 different women’s accounts of alleged sexual harassment, assault or rape — that the mogul allegedly forcibly performed oral sex on Italian actress Asia Argento two decades ago. Actresses Mira Sorvino and Rosanna Arquette also claimed that after rejecting Weinstein’s unwanted advances, they were removed from or kept from being hired for projects. In response to the lengthy allegations made against Weinstein in the _New Yorker_ piece, a spokesperson for Weinstein said, “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/movies/james-van-der-beek-reveals-he-had-his-ass-grabbed-by-older-powerful-men/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4979159/james-van-der-beek-sexual-harrassment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4979159/james-van-der-beek-sexual-harrassment/"},"headline":"Dawson's Creek Star James Van Der Beek Says He Was Sexually Harassed by 'Older Men'","datePublished":"2017-10-12T07:30:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:54:03.742Z","description":"The Dawson's Creek star said that he was sexually harassed by older men","url":"https://time.com/4979159/james-van-der-beek-sexual-harrassment/","keywords":["Hollywood","Harvey Weinstein","sexual harassment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcd8cd7f67b1249f/6988e1a3096a949a5169ff93/gettyimages-847162886.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chelsea White / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcd8cd7f67b1249f/6988e1a3096a949a5169ff93/gettyimages-847162886.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Hollywood Reporter And SAG-AFTRA Inaugural Emmy Nominees Night Presented By American Airlines, Breguet, And Dacor - Red Carpet","caption":"The Hollywood Reporter And SAG-AFTRA Inaugural Emmy Nominees Night Presented By American Airlines, Breguet, And Dacor - Red Carpet","creditText":"Rich Fury—THR/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hollywood/","name":"Hollywood"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4979159/james-van-der-beek-sexual-harrassment/","name":"Dawson's Creek Star James Van Der Beek Says He Was Sexually Harassed by 'Older Men'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"An Actress Is Suing Harvey Weinstein Under a Sex Trafficking Statute","description":"An Actress Is Suing Harvey Weinstein Under a Sex Trafficking Statute","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zfrHpjdT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-10T22:13:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zfrHpjdT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4979159/james-van-der-beek-sexual-harrassment/","duration":"PT1M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4979159/james-van-der-beek-sexual-harrassment/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```