Yet another woman has accused Jeremy Piven of sexually harassing her.
Entourage extra Anastasia Taneie, 30, said he grabbed her breasts and genitals while pushing her up against a wall in a dark hallway on set in downtown LA seven years ago.
He told her he wanted to speak about something and led her down the hallway before attacking her, only stopping when an assistant director walked by, she claimed.
Jeremy Piven has passed a lie detector test which questioned whether he had ‘fondled’ Ariane Bellamar
Taneie told Buzzfeed that she was left shaken but never officially complained.
‘I was scared at the time nobody was going to believe me,’ she said. ‘I didn’t want to make a scene. I just wanted to go home.’
Piven denied the accusations and pointed to a lie detector test from 13 November which found him innocent of groping anyone after four other women including actress Ariane Bellamar accused him.
He said: ‘Let me be absolutely clear, this simply did not happen. I would never force myself on a woman. I cannot speak as to why a person would create a story like this.’
He added that he may take legal action against his accusers and demanded that they take a polygraph test.
Actress Ariane Bellamar, (left) 38, last month accused the actor of groping her breasts on the Entourage. Porn star Isis Taylor (right) claimed Piven harassed her
The lie detector test report relating to Bellamar’s October claims was obtained by The Blast.
The document stated it was to ‘determine if Mr. Piven had ever ‘grabbed’ or touched Ms. Arianne Bellamar, without consent or otherwise, on the buttocks and/or breast area, while on the set of Entourage and/or at the Playboy Mansion, approximately five years ago (sic)’.
The polygraph was administered by a member of the American Polygraph Association with Chapman Investigations on November 13.
It asked questions such as: ‘Did you ever ‘grab’ and/or fondle Ms. Arianne Bellamar’s breasts?’ (sic), to which he answered ‘no’.
He was also asked if he had ever ‘cornered’ Ariane in his trailer ‘so that you could ‘grab’ her breasts and/or buttocks?’, and if she had ever been in his trailer on the set of Entourage. He said ‘no’ to both.
The actor was filming scenes for his new CBS series Wisdom of the Crowd at the TV network’s studio in Los Angeles when he allegedly broke down in tears over the accusations
The concluding notes of the test stated: ‘After a careful evaluation of all test questions, including relevant, irrelevant and control questions, it is the examiner’s analysis and professional opinion that Mr. Piven showed no reactions indicative of deception to any of the relevant questions.
The results indicate Mr. Piven ‘PASSED’ as to his answers on all questions.’
Piven had previously vowed to take such a test, insisting the allegations made against him were ‘absolutely false and completely fabricated’.
In a statement on Twitter, he said: ‘Let me begin by saying that the accusations against me are absolutely false and completely fabricated. I would never force myself on a woman. Period.
‘I have offered to take a polygraph to support my innocence. I keep asking myself, ‘How does one prove something didn’t happen?’
‘What I am not able to do is speculate as to the motivations of these women.
‘As a human being I feel compassion for the victims of such acts, but I am perplexed as to the misdirection of anger with false accusations against me and hope they do not detract from the stories that should be heard.’ (sic)
Piven has been an ’emotional wreck’ in the wake of the allegations, a source told DailyMail.com.
The former Mr Selfridge star had previously denied sexual assault accusations by the actress as well as Amy Meador and Tiffany Bacon Sourb
The industry insider claimed Piven broke down in tears during filming of his new TV series, before walking off set in front of stunned production staff.
Entourage star Piven, 52, was filming scenes for his new CBS series Wisdom of the Crowd at the TV network’s studio in Los Angeles when he broke down.
The source claims the actor – who portrays Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Jeffrey Tanner in the new drama – has appeared ‘jittery’ and ‘stressed’ as he continues to work, while privately dealing with the fallout of the allegations against him.
Piven was accused on Twitter of sexual harassment and assault by 38-year-old actress Ariane Bellamar at the end of October who claimed the star groped her twice, once in his trailer on the Entourage set and the other at the Playboy mansion.
That was followed by actress Cassidy Freeman who said on her Instagram page that Piven engaged in ‘predatory behavior’ against her when she was ‘far too young.’
More women have since come forward accusing the Emmy winning actor of sexual assault and harassment.
Washington-based advertising executive Tiffany Bacon Scourby, 39, and Hawaii-based porn star Isis Taylor both say Piven attacked or harassed them.
Piven has denied all allegations of sexual assault saying they ‘are absolutely false and completely fabricated.’
The source said: ‘Jeremy is a mess, he broke down in tears as we were working on a scene and he left the set. Filming was stopped. He has become an emotional wreck within the last week as these allegations mount against him.
‘Everything appears to be getting on top of him. The set has been increasingly tense.’
The source said Piven has kept ‘himself to himself’ since the allegations emerged with producers asking production crew to be ‘sensitive’ when dealing with the actor.
‘There is a feeling that he has become paranoid. A request went around from the executives not to look at our phones when he was around. The suggestion was that he was thinking we were googling news about him or reading the allegations,’ the source said.
CBS previously said in a statement that it is aware of the media reports and is investigating, but for now filming continues on the show.
Piven wrote on Twitter after the allegations emerged: ‘What am I not able to do is speculate as to the motivations of these women, as a human being I feel compassion for the victims of such acts, but I am perplexed as to the misdirection of anger with false accusations against me and hope they do not detract from the stories that should be heard.’
Representatives for CBS declined to comment.
Advertising executive Tiffany Bacon Scourby (left) says Piven attacked her in 2003 in his hotel room and actress Cassidy Freeman (right) also accused him of engaging in ‘predatory behavior’ against her when she was ‘far too young’