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Kimberly Nordyke
In a Los Angeles report, the actor is accused of groping a woman in front of his friends and several employees of the Cloak & Dagger nightclub, whose co-founders, in turn, are accused of ignoring the complaints.
Actor and comedian Thomas Middleditch is being accused of sexual misconduct at a gothic nightclub now closed in Los Angeles in 2019.
THE Los Angeles Times on Sunday he published a story about the Hollywood club Cloak & Dagger in which almost 10 women – including four former employees – accuse Adam Bravin and Michael Patterson, co-founders of the now closed club Cloak & Dagger, of turning a blind eye to bad sex conduct among club members, as well as at its many music festivals.
Among the charges are those against Middleditch, who broke out of his role at HBO’s Silicon Valley and now star in the CBS freshman comedy B Positive.
In the report, Hannah Harding details the alleged incident at the “exclusive club for LGBTQ members”, in which a typical night featured “experimental artists performing[ing] mysterious and sexually charged ceremonies every week in the back rooms of the Pig ‘N Whistle bar “, according to the LA Times.
On the night of October 22, 2019, says Harding, Middleditch approached her on the dance floor and did what Times described as “obscene sexual openings” towards her and her girlfriend. After she refused, he “continued to chase her, palpating her in front of his friends and several employees, including the club’s operations manager, Kate Morgan,” the Times reported.
Morgan told the Times So she asked her bosses, Bravin and Patterson, to expel him and ban him from the club, but they “dismissed him”.
Meanwhile, Harding showed direct messages from Middleditch on Instagram to the Times in which the actor wrote: “I had no idea that my actions were so strange to you … I am so ashamed to have made you uncomfortable.”
Harding also claimed that he saw Middleditch grope another woman at the club after she complained. She says that Bravin got in touch a week later, but hinted that she was wrong.
“Adam called me ‘to be sure and get a second opinion on him’ because they didn’t trust my story in the first place. They cared more about the famous people in his club than about the safety of women,” said Harding.
A Middleditch representative declined a request for comment from the Times; The Hollywood Reporter also reached representatives of the actor.
In turn, Bravin and Patterson released statements to the Times via email. “As far as I know, they reported all the incidents to us and, as far as I know, we deal with all the problems brought to our attention,” said Patterson. Bravin added: “Our goal from day one was to create the safest space possible.”
Bravin and Patterson announced that their club would close in January, not long after the Times says he held out his hand over the accusations.