Robert Downey Jr. Reportedly Paid For Armie Hammer’s Rehab Treatment
etcanada.comArmie Hammer apparently has Robert Downey Jr. to thank for some generous help. According to a new report from Vanity Fair, citing a source close to Hammer, the blockbuster Marvel star, who has struggled in the public eye with addiction, paid for Hammer’s near-six-month stay in a Florida rehab facility.
Vanity Fair reported the “Call Me By Your Name” actor finished his stay at the Guest House — described on its website as “a haven for men and women who are struggling with self-defeating behaviours brought on by traumatic life events and other underlying issues” — in December 2021, nearly a year after allegations of rape and mental, emotional and sexual abuse were waged against the actor by a woman named Effie.
In a statement shared by his attorney, Andrew Brettler, Hammer “maintained that all of his interactions with [Effie] — and every other sexual partner of his for that matter — have been completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory.” Prior to those allegations, Hammer was at the centre of online controversy in January 2021 after graphic private messages purported to be written by him went viral.
ET has not verified the authenticity or author of the messages. “I’m not responding to these bulls**t claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic,” Hammer later said in a statement to ET, referring to his former role in Jennifer Lopez’s “Shotgun Wedding”. “Lionsgate is supporting me in this and I’m grateful to them for that.” Months later, in June 2021, he reportedly entered rehab in Florida.
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