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Director David O. Russell Steps Back on Crazy Train, Feels Up His Pre-op Transgender Niece

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (28)

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David O. Russell, the brilliant director behind The Fighter, Three Kings and Flirting with Disaster, and who is not a stranger to crazy — you may recall his abusive outburst against Lily Tomlin on the set of I Heart Huckabees — is being investigated by Florida authorities after he groped his 19-year-old pre-op transgender niece.

The niece — who does NOT have a blood relation to Russell — told cops they began to talk about her breasts … and how certain hormones she’s taking have made them larger.

According to the report, the niece claims Russell then “put his hands under [her] top and felt both breasts.”

Cops say the woman said she felt “uncomfortable” … but admitted she “did not ask him to stop at any time.”

Investigators later contacted Russell … and according to the report, the director confirmed he DID touch his niece’s breasts … but only after she gave him permission.

Cops say Russell explained that during the conversation about her chest, the niece informed him that one of her breasts was bigger than the other. The official report says … Russell told cops his niece then “allowed [him] to feel both of [her] breasts.”

Oh, well, wait a minute! 1) She aleledly gave him permission to grab her breast, and 2) she’s an adopted niece.

Whew. Thank God. Well, that’s not creepy at all, then. She’s just a 19-year-old pre-op transgender woman who just happens to have a piece of paper that says she’s the daughter of one of Russell’s siblings. Ain’t no thing.

WHAT!

(Via Movieline)










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Comments

I thought I misread the article when I saw this. And his defense is laughable (she let me.)Although he'll probably get away with it (she admitted that she didn't ask him to stop.)

Bizarre. Even for a guy that screamed at Lily Tomlin.

Posted by: aroorda at January 6, 2012 11:09 AM

I'm so glad he's forging this path for the rest of us! I can't wait to start feeling up my own niece!

Wait.

Posted by: Snath at January 6, 2012 11:10 AM

And I thought my family reunions were awkward.

Posted by: ZombieNurse at January 6, 2012 11:14 AM

This story makes me feel confused and dirty, like staring at a naked nun.

Posted by: Fredo at January 6, 2012 11:20 AM

I'm starting to think the O. in his name stands for, "Oh David, you are the creepiest."

Posted by: Angeleno Ewok at January 6, 2012 11:21 AM

Of course it happened in Florida...

Posted by: faintingviolet at January 6, 2012 11:26 AM

So his defense is a line Kyle from Party Down would say to pick up chicks? OK. If that's the way you want to go with it, Dave. Of course, you could just say "Oh. That's a consequence I hadn't really thought of," and left the creepy topic of your niece's breasts behind.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at January 6, 2012 11:31 AM

I don't know what all the fuss is about, I once told my aunt that one of my balls was bigger than the other, and that my anus had a lovely moustache developing, especially for its relatively young age. When she said that she didn't want to know, OF COURSE I thrust my balls and arse her way and proceeded to fart out an impression of Richard Nixon with a moustache. She immediately saw the funny side of things and smashed a grapefruit into her head as a form of apology.

Oh, wait... No, none of that happened, because this is the real world, not Florida.

Posted by: zeke the pig at January 6, 2012 11:36 AM

Florida's just trying to take some of the pressure off South Carolina.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at January 6, 2012 11:37 AM

What a dick.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at January 6, 2012 12:02 PM

If anyone is curious as to who filed the police report, it was the niece. I skimmed the Movieline story, and then from there clicked on the link and skimmed the story at TMZ. So now I've read a story on TMZ. Now I have 2 reasons to feel creeped out and icky.

Posted by: Groundloop at January 6, 2012 12:02 PM

Or ...

Well, she didn't have to be such a dick about it.

Or ...

If your niece had balls she's be your nephew, but... wait, that's not how that one goes.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at January 6, 2012 12:06 PM

My defense would be since its a PRE-OP niece then he's just giving a titty twister to his nephew! POW! I should of went to lawyerin school instead of engineerin!

Posted by: logan at January 6, 2012 12:54 PM

Wait, is this a male turning into a female or vice versa?

Posted by: roland at January 6, 2012 1:31 PM

Transgendered people, I believe, identify their gender as the sex they are about to become, not the one they are born with. It may not be universally true, but that's usually how I understand it.

The link to thewrap.com confirms that she is transitioning from male to female.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at January 6, 2012 1:49 PM

@logan, "titty twister" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Purple nurple", please.

Posted by: Groundloop at January 6, 2012 1:59 PM

Florida or Germany?

OOHHhhh! Florida, you never let me down

Posted by: Protoguy at January 6, 2012 2:17 PM

Wow, what a wonderful experience for a vulnerable person in a state of gender transition to have to deal with. Hey, with all the confusing shit you're already going through, how about some sexual harassment too, welcome to having tits!

David Owhatashit Russel is just, gah, how is he alive? I don't mean I WANT him to be hurt, of course, I mean, legitimately, how has someone not actually kicked the living shit out of him or just killed him? Precluding Clooney who claims to have kicked his ass. Which I like to believe he did.

I bet he and Brett Ratner do keg stands together before some good old fashioned drink spikin'

Posted by: Nadine at January 6, 2012 2:30 PM

Brain explodes.

Posted by: frank_247 at January 6, 2012 6:19 PM

I'm confused. Is the pre-op niece still a girl? Did she take something that made her breasts bigger and lopsided instead of shrinking? If the niece is still a nephew why would David O Russell want to feel his breasts unless David O Russell is gay. If David O Russell is gay, why would he want to feel breasts anyway? Wouldn't he be going for the beans? And wouldn't the beans shrink along with the lopsided breasts? If he is not gay, why is he trying to feel a boys breasts? Wouldn't he wait for post-op to feel a girl's breasts? Why wouldn't a boy that is not yet a girl just slam David O Russell is his breast-feeling puss instead of filing a report. And did the police officer who took said report piss himself laughing about David O Russell's odd fetish. Does this niece or nephew know that David O Russell is a rich Hollywood director and is trying to cash in on his breast feeling obsession? And how much cash could you actually rake in? Would it be enough to straighten out those lopsided breasts?
And what does Lily Tomlin have to say about this? Isn't she a pre-op transgendered female? I'm sure she's a niece. I'm pretty sure she has niece/nephews. But I don't think she has breasts, lopsided or otherwise. And why didn't David O Russell scream at Christian Bale and Marky Mark the way he screamed at poor breastless Lily Tomlin. Is it because The Fighter was filmed in cold Massachusetts and not hot Florida, and cooler heads prevailed. Or is it because Marky Mark would have punched the piss out of David O Russell and would not have said hi to his mother. Marky Mark would not have allowed David O Russell to go around feeling up pre-operative trangender nieces, especially Mary Mark's, if he has a pre-operative transgendered niece, which he probably does because he has 47 kids in his family and one of his niece/nephews must be a pre-operative transgendered niece/nephew. Oh yeah, Marky Mark says to say hi to your mother. But he will not say hi to David O Russell's mother because she raised a pre-operative transgendered female breast feeling obsessive and she does not deserve a howdy do from Marky Mark.
I'm also pretty sure that David O Russell's defense attorney in his upcoming breast feeling trail will claim that David O Russell was just doing research for his next movie.

See what I'm up against?

Posted by: kirbyjay at January 6, 2012 6:54 PM

kirbyjay, my coworker just asked me, "Are you okay over there?" after overhearing my reaction to your comment.

Posted by: Angeleno Ewok at January 6, 2012 7:21 PM

Oh no Angeleno, I hope your reaction was not David O Russell inspired rage, or worse, David O Russell inspired pre-operative transgendered female breast feeling. I fear for your co-workers.

And now I am more confused. This Mary Mark in the above comment, is it possible that Marky Mark is a post operative transgendered female? Will she now be able to punch the piss out of David O Russell? And is Mary Mark as pretty as Marky Mark?

Hopefully it was just a typo.

Posted by: kirbyjay at January 7, 2012 5:55 AM

Fuck this overrated hack. I heart Huckabees is the only good thing he has done.
This is sexual harassment once again swept under the carpet.
"In the police report, one of the investigators notes, "Russell stated [his niece] is always causing drama since the transgender transformation and has become very provocative and seductive." "
Fuck you douchebag fuck you. Victim-blaming piece of shit.

Posted by: severine at January 7, 2012 8:36 AM

The incident may have occurred in Florida but David O. Russell is from New Yrok City. Damn big-money Yankees come down South and think they can pay their way out of they hedonistic, big city behavior like they do in "The City."

(See how ridiculous and ignorant that sounds?)

But seriously, fuck this guy. I hope he pays for taking advantage of a vulnerable young woman.

Posted by: stardust at January 7, 2012 10:49 AM

Kirbyjay, I love how your mind works. Alternately, the fact that any of that made sense to me frightens me.

Posted by: cinekat at January 7, 2012 11:47 AM

kirbyjay, your understanding of human sexuality seems very limited and confused.

Posted by: John G. at January 7, 2012 11:37 PM

John G. your understanding of human humor seems limited and confused.

If you've ever read any of my comments you would know that I am staunchly pro gay marriage and pro transgender and my attitude on any sexuality is live and let live, as long as they're legal.

Thank you Cinekat and Angeleno Ewok for getting my feeble attempt at humor.

Posted by: kirbyjay at January 8, 2012 7:52 AM

kirbyjay's comment for EE for sure.

I am still laughing and I read it like 10 minutes ago.

Posted by: jayem at January 8, 2012 7:35 PM