Los Angeles July 1 (IANS) Chilean filmmaker Nicolas Lopez a frequent collaborator of American horror filmmaker Eli Roth has been accused of sexual misconduct and harassment by multiple women.
Eight women accused Lopez whose credits include Roth s "Aftershock" "The Green Inferno" and "Knock Knock" of inappropriate behaviour including unwanted kissing requests that women touch him and masturbating in front of one woman in a story published on Saturday in Sabado a weekend magazine of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Three of the writer-director s accusers are well-known actresses while two worked with him on his "Que Pena Tu Vida" trilogy.
Following the story Lopez s attorney Paula Vial released a statement to several newspapers defending his client and threatening legal action.
"We are convinced that Nicolas is not an abuser " it read citing "false" and "decontextualised" statements in the story.

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