VarietyalsospoketomorethanadozensourcesfamiliarwithBear-McClard’sbehavior,includingtwowhowereintheroomwhenthe17-year-oldgirlshotthedisturbing“GoodTime”scene.Notlongafterproductionended,shebeganhavingsexwithBear-McClard,despitestillbeing17.Theycontinuedtohaveaconsensualromanticrelationshipformorethantwoyears.(TheageofconsentinNewYorkis17.)
Bear-McClard,throughaspokesperson,declinedtocomment.AspokeswomanfortheSafdiessays:“TheElarateamweremadeawareofSebastianMcClard’sbehaviorinJuly2022.Theytookimmediateactionandterminatedhim.”
Athirdwoman,whohasworkedonseveralindependentfilmsattheinternandassistantlevel,providedastatementobtainedbyVarietythatdoesnotcoverworkplacesexualmisconductbutassertsthatBear-McClardengagedintroublingbehavior.
Ratajkowski,31,declinedcomment,butfriendssaysheisnotsurprisedbytheallegations.SheisbeingrepresentedbypowerhouseattorneysBrettWardandJackieCombs,whosefirmBlankRomepreviouslyhandledTomCruiseinhisdivorcefromKatieHolmesaswellasChanningTatuminhissplitfromJennaDewan.Bear-McClard,now42,isworkingwithhigh-profileattorneyCarolineKrauss,whoreppedRobertDeNiroinhis2018break-upwithGraceHightower.RatajkowskiandBear-McClardweremarriedinaNewYorkcourthouseinFebruary2018afterdatingforjusttwoweeks.RatajkowskiisfightingforsolecustodyoftheirsonSylvester,whowasborninMarch2021.
Both“GoodTime”and“UncutGems”werereleasedbyA24,theNewYorkindieupstartbehindOscarbestpicturewinners“EverythingEverywhereAllatOnce”and“Moonlight.”Theallegationsraiseseriousquestionsaboutwhya17-year-oldgirlwhohadnoagentatthetimewasfilmingnudescenesonthesetofamovie.There’snoironcladrulebarringunderagenudity,butthereisageneralScreenActorsGuildrequirementthatemploymentconditionsnotbe“detrimentaltothehealth,moralsandsafetyoftheminor.”