20:02 PDT 21/03/2021
by
Kimberly Nordyke
In a Los Angeles report, the actor is accused of touching a woman in front of her friends and several employees at the Cloak & Dagger nightclub, whose co-founders are in turn accused of ignoring the complaints.
Actor-comedian Thomas Middleditch is accused in 2019 of sexual misconduct at a now-defunct Goth nightclub in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Times on Sunday published a report on the Hollywood club Cloak & Dagger in which almost ten women – including four former staff members – accused Adam Bravin and Michael Patterson, co-founders of the now closed club Cloak & Dagger, of turning a blind eye to sexual misconduct among members at the club as well as at its many music festivals.
Among the accusations is that against Middleditch, who broke out with his role in HBOs Silicon Valley and now plays on CBS’s first-year comedy B Positive.
In the report, Hannah Harding gives a detail about the alleged incident in the “LGBTQ-friendly club, members only”, in which a typical experimental artist performed.[ing] creepy, sexually charged ceremonies every week in the back rooms of the Pig A Whistle bar, “according to the LA Times.
On the night of October 22, 2019, Harding says, Middleditch approached her on the dance floor and made what the Times described as ‘ugly sexual openings’ towards her and her girlfriend. After she turned him down, he ‘continued to chase her and touched her in front of her friends and various employees, including the club’s operations manager Kate Morgan’, the Times report.
Morgan has the Times she asked her bosses, Bravin and Patterson, to kick him out and ban him from the club, but they ‘dismissed’ it.
Meanwhile, Harding posted direct messages from Middleditch on Instagram to the Times in which the actor wrote: “I had no idea that my actions were so strange to you … I am so ashamed that I made you uncomfortable.”
Harding also claimed that she saw Middleditch touch another woman in the club after she complained. She says Bravin issued a week later, but insinuated she was wrong.
“Adam called me ‘to make sure and get a second opinion about him’ because they did not trust my story in the first place. They cared more for famous people at their club than for the safety of women, “Harding said.
A representative for Middleditch rejected a request for comment to SU Times; The Hollywood Reporter also issued to the representatives of the actor.
In turn, Bravin and Patterson made statements to the Times via email. “To the best of my knowledge, they have reported every incident to us, and my knowledge extends to every topic that has been brought to our attention,” Patterson said. Bravin added: “Our goal from day one was to make the safest space possible.”
Bravin and Patterson announced that their club would close in January, not long after Times says it has issued over the allegations.