Oliver Stone on Melissa Gilbert's Claims: It Was a 'Raunchy' Film

Little House on the Prairieactress Melissa Gilbert had a sit-down earlier this week with Andy Cohen in which she alleged director Oliver Stone had sexually harassed her during an audition for his 1991 film The Doors. Gilbert said during her tryout to play Jim Morrison's girlfriend, Stone told her he'd written a "special scene" just for her that involved her begging for sex on her hands and knees. 

She told Cohen she refused and left the audition in tears, and believed it was his attempt to get back at her for a prior experience where she felt she embarrassed him at a nightclub. Gilbert took to Twitter Monday with a #MeToo tweet, offering thanks to her fans and especially to Cohen "for helping me lift this weight off of my shoulders." But Stone said Tuesday that Gilbert knew what she was getting into, as did "dozens" of other actors.

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