# Brendan Fraser - what do you think happened 20 years ago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081 "2023-03-12T22:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/1 "2023-03-12T22:02:18Z")
Brendan Fraser is thought to be a front-runner for the Oscars tonight. For The Whale. I do wonder, though - what do you think happened to him 20 years ago? He was sexually assaulted, he says - groped - but is there something more we won’t ever hear about, something else ? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/2 "2023-03-12T22:04:05Z")
Is there any reason to think there’s more to this, or is this thread just for naked, baseless speculation? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/3 "2023-03-12T22:23:01Z")
I’m asking. Is there more to it than a grab to the nuts, 20 years ago? I mean, it;'s not as exciting as a woman being punched and gang-banged or raped on ‘the casting couch’. Should I not have brought it up because it happened to some famous grown man? Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/4 "2023-03-12T22:31:22Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > I’m asking. Is there more to it than a grab to the nuts, 20 years ago? I mean, it;'s not as exciting as a woman being punched and gang-banged or raped on ‘the casting couch’. Should I not have brought it up because it happened to some famous grown man? Just wondering. …this is a disgusting line of thought. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/5 "2023-03-12T22:31:37Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > it;'s not as exciting as a woman being punched and gang-banged or raped on ‘the casting couch’. That is a repulsive statement. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/6 "2023-03-12T22:33:03Z")
Closed on March 12, 2023, 10:33pm UTC ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/7 "2023-03-12T22:33:32Z")
This is closed immediately. Further action is under discussion. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brendan-fraser-what-do-you-think-happened-20-years-ago/981081/8 "2023-03-12T22:45:05Z")
Moderating: This thread will stay closed. If there’s actually a story there, and someone wants to discuss it without leering at the victims of sexual assault, start a new thread.