Not all men are Harvey Weinstein, but many are Aziz Ansari

Published January 18, 2018 3:35am ET



The #MeToo movement is still going strong — women are having more than a moment. On Saturday night, the online publication Babe broke the story of 23-year-old “Grace,” who went on a date with Aziz Ansari, an actor famous for his sharp, humorous takes on social justice matters in his TV show “Master of None.” They met at a 2017 Emmy Awards after-party where Grace, a budding photographer, noticed they were using the same vintage camera. They flirted over phone and text in the following weeks, culminating in a date.

The night slowly devolved into an uncomfortable mess of increasingly aggressive advances from Ansari and a confused, overwhelmed, and hurt woman. They had oral sex, and in Grace’s account she went along until he wanted penetration. Grace hesitated and they kissed some more. Grace recalled being flustered by Ansari’s approaches and said she wanted to leave. So he called her an Uber, and she left.

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