Picture 'that proves Dustin Hoffman is a sex predator who subjected actress to a string of abusive attacks'

  • Dustin Hoffman grabbed Kathryn Rossetter's breast while a photo was taken
  • The allegations date from a 1983 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman 
  • She claimed Hoffman left 'dirty fingerprints' on her soul by the constant gropes 

By CAROLINE GRAHAM FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

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Kathryn Rossetter, left, said Dustin Hoffman, right, groped her while a photograph was being taken 

Kathryn Rossetter, left, said Dustin Hoffman, right, groped her while a photograph was being taken 

An actress claims this picture proves that Dustin Hoffman is a sex predator who subjected her to a string of 'abusive' attacks.

It shows the Oscar-winning star with his hand on the breast of Broadway co-star Kathyn Rossetter. Miss Rossetter, 66, claims the married actor would regularly grab her breast during photo opportunities and once pulled up her dress in front of stage crew.

The allegations, made in Hollywood 'bible' The Hollywood Reporter, come a month after actress Anna Hunter alleged Hoffman groped her when she was a 17-year-old intern on the 1985 TV movie Death Of A Salesman.

Hoffman has vehemently denied all the claims.

Miss Rossetter worked with the actor during the 1983 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman as well as the later TV movie. She said he 'left dirty fingerprints on my soul' by squeezing her breast every time they took pictures together.

'After the shows at parties, whenever he had a picture taken with me, he would put his arm around my rib cage and then grab my breast just before they snapped the picture and then remove it. He was very skilled at dropping his hand just as the picture snapped to avoid it being recorded,' she said.

'Only by luck do I have one such picture – where the camera caught him in the act… There I am – big smile and my arm moving toward his with the intention to push it away.' She went on to say that he would often put his hand up her slip. 'Night after night I went home and cried,' she said.

Hoffman, she alleges, went so far as to pull her costume over her head to expose her breasts in front of a group of male crew members.

She said she confronted the star, pushing him against a wall and screaming: 'F*** you!' However, he later went back to groping her, she claimed.

Hoffman denies all the allegations. A spokesman declined to comment except to say that others who worked on the production had not witnessed the alleged conduct.

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