Randall Emmett Accused of Mistreating Assistants, Trading Sex for Movie Parts and More

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Randall Emmett Accused of Mistreating Assistants, Trading Sex for Movie Parts and More

In hot water. Multiple women accuse Randall Emmett of sexual misconduct in a new exposé that also alleges the producer's company is seriously in debt. The Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films cofounder, 51, is the subject of a lengthy article published by the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, June 30. Among other things, the outlet alleges that Emmett used a variety of tactics to silence his accusers, including offering one woman a payment of about $200,000. One accuser claimed that she met the Florida native when she was 23. Her attorney, Gloria Allred, sent a letter to Emmett in October 2021 detailing her client's allegations against the film mogul. Allred wrote that the woman alleged Emmett told her “that to receive acting work from [him], she would have to perform sexual favors.” [jwplayer rgJgEWPH-zhNYySv2] The letter also cited an alleged text exchange between the woman and Emmett in which he told her, “One day of work and u need to f–kme hun.” The Lone Survivor producer "adamantly" denied the allegations in the letter via his representative, Sallie Hofmeister. Allred also claimed that her client worked with the businessman on two more films over three years, during which time she "gave Emmett massages and oral sex, allowed him to digitally penetrate her and stood nude in his office while he masturbated." The woman alleged that Emmett would threaten to take away her roles in his movies when she tried to stop his sexual advances. In January, Allred sent Emmett a settlement agreement that said he would pay the accuser "about" $200,000 over a period of two years. (The producer denied signing the agreement.) Elsewhere in the article, the filmmaker's ex Lala Kent alleged that Emmett offered her $14,000 early in their relationship to keep their romance a secret. Bravo producers had wanted the Give Them Lala author, 31, to discuss Emmett on Vanderpump Rules, but he was still legally married to Ambyr Childers at the time. According to Kent and her mom, Lisa Burningham, Emmett's attorney Keith Davidson wanted Kent to sign an agreement that she wouldn't talk about her romance on the show. Burningham claimed that she and her daughter walked out of the office without signing anything. Emmett, for his part, accused his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shares 15-month-old daughter Ocean, of being responsible for the claims outlined in the exposé. "These allegations are false and part of a now-familiar smear campaign orchestrated by Randall’s ex-fiancée to sway their custody dispute,” Hofmeister told Us Weekly in a statement. Keep scrolling for more details on the allegations against Emmett.

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Randall Emmett Accused of Mistreating Assistants, Trading Sex for Movie Parts and More

In hot water. Multiple women accuse Randall Emmett of sexual misconduct in a new exposé that also alleges the producer's company is seriously in debt. The Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films cofounder, 51, is the subject of a lengthy article published by the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, June 30. Among other things, the outlet alleges that Emmett used a variety of tactics to silence his accusers, including offering one woman a payment of about $200,000. One accuser claimed that she met the Florida native when she was 23. Her attorney, Gloria Allred, sent a letter to Emmett in October 2021 detailing her client's allegations against the film mogul. Allred wrote that the woman alleged Emmett told her “that to receive acting work from [him], she would have to perform sexual favors.” [jwplayer rgJgEWPH-zhNYySv2] The letter also cited an alleged text exchange between the woman and Emmett in which he told her, “One day of work and u need to f–kme hun.” The Lone Survivor producer "adamantly" denied the allegations in the letter via his representative, Sallie Hofmeister. Allred also claimed that her client worked with the businessman on two more films over three years, during which time she "gave Emmett massages and oral sex, allowed him to digitally penetrate her and stood nude in his office while he masturbated." The woman alleged that Emmett would threaten to take away her roles in his movies when she tried to stop his sexual advances. In January, Allred sent Emmett a settlement agreement that said he would pay the accuser "about" $200,000 over a period of two years. (The producer denied signing the agreement.) Elsewhere in the article, the filmmaker's ex Lala Kent alleged that Emmett offered her $14,000 early in their relationship to keep their romance a secret. Bravo producers had wanted the Give Them Lala author, 31, to discuss Emmett on Vanderpump Rules, but he was still legally married to Ambyr Childers at the time. According to Kent and her mom, Lisa Burningham, Emmett's attorney Keith Davidson wanted Kent to sign an agreement that she wouldn't talk about her romance on the show. Burningham claimed that she and her daughter walked out of the office without signing anything. Emmett, for his part, accused his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shares 15-month-old daughter Ocean, of being responsible for the claims outlined in the exposé. "These allegations are false and part of a now-familiar smear campaign orchestrated by Randall’s ex-fiancée to sway their custody dispute,” Hofmeister told Us Weekly in a statement. Keep scrolling for more details on the allegations against Emmett.

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Shortchanging Staff

Multiple former employees of Emmett's alleged that he required them to pay for his personal and business expenses using their own funds without reimbursement. Martin G’Blae, who started at Emmett's company in February 2020, claimed that his boss once asked him to put a $1,200 room charge on his own credit card because Emmett's was "maxed." G'Blae's bank rejected the transaction, so he called his mother to ask for money. He claimed he still has not been reimbursed for that and other expenses since leaving the company in September 2020. Emmett, meanwhile, said through his rep that G'Blae has "only recently criticized" his former boss.

One writer who had worked for EFO allegedly camped out in the company's office in November 2019 after claiming he was not paid for his work on a film. Four months later, the Writers Guild of America West filed for arbitration and advised members not to work with EFO. The organization received a financial award of more than $500,000, but WGA West attorney Leila Azari claimed that EFO has "not paid a cent" of the judgment.  

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Mistreating Assistants

The article outlined several alleged instances where Emmett asked his assistants to handle personal affairs for him. G'Blae claimed that he once asked hotel staff to open his boss' room safe, only to find that the safe contained cocaine. He also alleged that Emmett once excoriated him for letting his pet goldfish die on his watch. Hofmeister did not comment on G'Blae's cocaine allegation but claimed that Emmett has been sober since October 2021, the same month that he split from Kent.

Former assistant Anna Szymanska claimed that she once beat Emmett in a pingpong match, after which he got so upset that he threw his paddle at an office door and cracked the glass. “Randall never threw a paddle,” Hofmeister told the Times.

Symanska also alleged that she witnessed Emmett urinating "with the door open" on multiple occasions. Hofmeister said that Emmett only left the door open when drug testers were present to collect samples as part of his custody dispute with Kent.

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Sexual Misconduct

In a declaration filed for the custody battle, Symanska accused her former boss of sexual misconduct, alleging that he was once found him “lying naked on a couch" after responding to his request to bring him something at home.

A Florida woman claimed that Emmett offered her $20,000 to stay silent about their alleged relationship. Kent subpoenaed the woman in regard to the custody dispute, but the woman had told a friend she'd signed an "agreement" with Emmett that she wouldn't reveal their messages. (The Times noted that Hofmeister did not respond to questions about the Florida woman.)

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Serious Debt

The Times reported that Emmett and his company are facing more than a dozen lawsuits and owe more than $25 million in outstanding loans and payments. One firm, Shiny River, claimed that they provided more than $7 million in loans to finance seven movies, but half of those films were never actually made.

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'Pump Rules' Drama

After finding out that the Pump Rules cast discussed his previous feud with 50 Cent on camera, Emmett allegedly reached out to an NBCUniversal exec to try to get the scene cut from the show. “If they mention [50 Cent] anywhere in this show … the antics will start Again which could Destroy my career,” Emmett allegedly wrote in an October 2019 email. The producer did not comment on the allegation.