--- title: Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It Was Difficult to Get My Story Out description: Anna Graham Hunter, who said Dustin Hoffman groped her, said it's still not easy for women to come forward even as the #MeToo movement grows canonical: https://time.com/5066042/dustin-hoffman-accuser-essay/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-15T15:30:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:35:11.062Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It's Still Hard for Women to Come Forward Despite #MeToo og:description: What the public perceives as an onslaught is just a fraction of what's going on" og:url: https://time.com/5066042/dustin-hoffman-accuser-essay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79cffff8042b9d3d/6988e42d196cf4b78d042925/dustin-hoffman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It's Still Hard for Women to Come Forward Despite #MeToo twitter:description: What the public perceives as an onslaught is just a fraction of what's going on" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79cffff8042b9d3d/6988e42d196cf4b78d042925/dustin-hoffman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It's Still Hard for Women to Come Forward Despite #MeToo > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 15, 2017 3:30 PM UTC  Actor Dustin Hoffman arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, on Aug. 2, 2017. Actor Dustin Hoffman arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, on Aug. 2, 2017.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 15, 2017 3:30 PM UTC The first woman to come forward with [sexual misconduct allegations against Dustin Hoffman](http://time.com/5049430/john-oliver-dustin-hoffman-confront-dismissal/) said it’s still difficult for women to accuse [powerful men](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) — even as the [#MeToo movement](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/) continues to grow. [_Variety_ reported](http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dustin-hoffman-2-1202641525/) on Dec. 14 that [three more women have accused](http://time.com/5065687/dustin-hoffman-sexual-misconduct-minor/?xid=homepage) the actor of sexual misconduct. Hoffman has denied the allegations; his attorney told _Variety_ that the new accusations were “defamatory falsehoods.” Anna Graham Hunter, who wrote in a Nov. 1 essay for _The Hollywood Reporter_ that [Hoffman had touched her behind](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/dustin-hoffman-sexually-harassed-me-i-was-17-guest-column-1053466), has written a new essay for the Los Angeles _Times_ [detailing how difficult](http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hunter-dustin-hoffman-standards-20171214-story.html) it was to get her story published. She is encouraging other women to come forward with allegations against Hoffman. “Many believe the pendulum is swinging too far in the other direction, or that the #MeToo movement is becoming a [witch hunt](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/movies/woody-allen-harvey-weinstein-witch-hunt.html),” Hunter wrote. “But the process of bringing sexual harassment stories to light is still a tedious mess.” After her allegations were published, Hunter said she expected more women to come forward publicly — but [only one initially did](http://people.com/movies/wendy-riss-gatsiounis-accuses-dustin-hoffman-sexual-harassment/). She said that many women approached her privately with allegations but were reluctant to go public. One told Hunter that she didn’t want to speak out because she wasn’t sure if what had happened to her was serious enough to draw attention to, while others didn’t want their family and colleagues to know what they had experienced. “With so many new tales of sexual harassment, it’s easy to assume — depending on your perspective — that either no rock will be left unturned or that no man is safe from accusation,” Hunter said. “But what the public perceives as an onslaught is just a fraction of what’s going on.” Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It Was Difficult to Get My Story Out ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5066042/dustin-hoffman-accuser-essay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5066042/dustin-hoffman-accuser-essay/"},"headline":"Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It's Still Hard for Women to Come Forward Despite #MeToo","datePublished":"2017-12-15T15:30:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:35:11.062Z","description":"Anna Graham Hunter, who said Dustin Hoffman groped her, said it's still not easy for women to come forward even as the #MeToo movement grows","url":"https://time.com/5066042/dustin-hoffman-accuser-essay/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79cffff8042b9d3d/6988e42d196cf4b78d042925/dustin-hoffman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79cffff8042b9d3d/6988e42d196cf4b78d042925/dustin-hoffman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet","caption":"Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet","creditText":"Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic/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":"https://time.com/5066042/dustin-hoffman-accuser-essay/","name":"Dustin Hoffman Accuser: It's Still Hard for Women to Come Forward Despite #MeToo"}}]}] ```