HGTV star Carter Oosterhouse, who is married to actress Amy Smart, is accused of coercing oral sex from his makeup artist several times in 2008. However, he says their sexual relationship was consensual.
Kailey Kaminsky, who worked as a makeup artist on Oosterhouse’s show, ‘Carter Can,’ alleges she believed her employment would be in jeopardy if she did not acquiesce to his sexual requests.
Kaminsky, who identifies as lesbian, alleged to the Hollywood Reporter she eventually caved into his requests after his incessant asks. ‘At that point I was a nervous wreck,’ says Kaminsky.
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Carter Oosterhouse (right) and actress Amy Smart were married in 2011. A makeup artist who worked on his HGTV show says in 2008, he had coerced her into giving him oral sex
Kailey Kaminsky (pictured) says she was pressured by Oosterhouse into giving him oral sex while working as a makeup artist on his show ‘Carter Can’
‘I was so worn down from his advances, so I did: that day, on that occasion. It was the first time. Then thereafter it was most every time we would shoot — 10 to 15 times he put me in this position.’
Oosterhouse, now 41-years-old says, however, that the relationship was consensual.
He told THR in a statement ‘I had an intimate relationship with Kailey 9 years ago and it was 100% mutual and consensual. In no way did I ever feel, nor was it ever indicated to me, that Kailey was uncomfortable during our intimate relationship. I would have never done anything that I was not sure was mutually agreeable.’
‘The reality is that I knew it was consensual because she initiated it the first time and many of the 15 or so times we had relations thereafter. We were together outside of work and I considered her a friend.
And as for the fact that she identifies as a lesbian — I didn’t know that — all I knew was that she was in a sexual relationship with another guy who worked on the show.
It’s upsetting that she now feels this way, I only wish her the best and truly hope that she can move forward,’ Oosterhouse’s statement concludes.
Kaminsky described the first alleged incident where she gave in, and says after that it became a regular request by Oosterhouse.
They were in Los Angeles in a vehicle together, en route to a project site.
‘He pulled off the road and said, ”Do you enjoy your job?” I said I did and in fact would like to work more, handling more of his personal appearances outside the show. He said, ”Well, I can help you with that. But you need to do something for me.”
That is when the make-up artists says she believed her job was on the line.
Oosterhouse says the relationship with Kaminsky was consenual and says that was the only intimate relationship he’s had with a crew member, or an executive in his professional career
She said after that, the asks would often take the form of non-verbal cues while they were alone on the job.
‘It was eye contact; he would look at me and look down, she says, adding the alleged exchange was not reciprocal and the interactions became increasingly degrading as they continued.
Kaminsky claims ‘when he would assault me, he insisted on finishing on my face — every time — knowing that I had to go back out and work. I asked him about that. He said, ‘It’s just what I wanted to do.”
Oosterhouse told The Hollywood reporter he had never been intimate with any crew or executive members in his professional career aside from Kaminsky.
She adds that after the alleged incidents she went into a depression for which she was hospitalized for. Kaminsky says she no longer a professional makeup artist.
She adds: ‘He took away the joy that I got from doing makeup,’ she says. ‘I just had no confidence.’