Adam Savage, a former co-host of the popular television show ‘MythBusters’, has been accused of sexual abuse by one of his sisters, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the New York Post reports. .
Miranda Pacchiana, 51, says she was raped “repeatedly” by Savage when they were both children, approximately between 1976 and 1979, when they lived in the village of Sleepy Hollow, in the US state of New York. At the time, Pacchiana was between 7 and 10 years old and Savage between 9 and 12, according to the document, filed with the Supreme Court of the city of Westchester.
The woman details that her older brother, in addition to forcing her to have sex, forced her to perform oral sex on him, among “other forms of sexual abuse.” Her lawsuit was filed under the New York Child Victims Law – extended until 2021 – due to the coronavirus pandemic, which allows survivors of sexual abuse of any age to present their case no matter how long it has been.
Pacchiana, who is a social worker, assures in her blog that, when she went to her family to talk about what happened with her brother, she did not receive the support she expected. “I assumed that my family members would share my desire to examine what had gone wrong in our home and follow a path toward healing together. I was sadly wrong, “she says.
“I will fight this lawsuit”
Savage denied the allegations, claiming that for many years his sister had “relentlessly attacked” him and other family members with “false stories” in order to achieve a “financial bonanza.”
«[Miranda] He has tortured our entire family and distanced himself from all of us. I will fight this unfounded and offensive lawsuit and work to end this once and for all, “the artist said in a statement through his lawyer.
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