Brett Ratner, the director of the Melania documentary, has caused a stir before.
Melania and Donald Trump at the premiere of the documentary. PDO
Brett Ratner, who recently directed a documentary about Melania Trump, also appears in the Epstein files released on Friday.
It tells about it, among other things BBC.
Ratner appears in the photo, where he hugs a young woman, who remains anonymous. Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and another, also anonymous female person are also sitting on the sofa.
Ratner has explained the picture For Fox News.
– About 20 years ago I had a girlfriend. I was in love with him. We were engaged. He was my spouse. We went to the event, sat on the couch and the picture was taken from there, Ratner explained.
– I didn’t have a personal relationship with him. I didn’t know him, Ratner continued, referring to Epstein.
Ratner insists that his fiancee invited him to the event. According to Ratner, his fiance appears in the picture.
– You get involved in such things unwillingly. It’s crazy. It’s terrible.
The Melania documentary directed by Ratner is his first directorial work since 2017. At that time, six women accused Ratner for sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior. The director denied the allegations.
It was recently reported how all the creators of the Melania documentary do not want their names to appear at the end of the documentary.
– People worked really hard. The days were really long, everything was poorly organized and chaotic, one person who was part of the production opened up in an interview with Rolling Stone.
– It was very difficult because of the chaos surrounding everything, another anonymous source opened up about the filming.
It is estimated that up to two-thirds of the members of the production team who worked in New York had asked that their names not be mentioned in the end credits of the documentary.
One of the creators of the Melania documentary commented to Rolling Stone that he would not have participated in the task force if he had known that Ratner was working as a director.
