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<p><em>Dawson&#39;s Creek</em> actor James Van Der Beek has opened up about his own experiences of being sexually harassed at the hands of &quot;older, powerful men&quot; amidst the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/matt-damon-enabled-famous-sexual-predator-harvey-weinstein-casey-affleck/">Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal</a>.</p><p>Van Der Beek took to Twitter on Thursday to laud the women who<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html"> spoke out </a>against Weinstein, helping to uncover<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html"> three decades worth of sexual misconduct accusations </a>ranging from harassment to rape:</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918345089725927425</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918346346989604865</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>He then revealed that he, too, has been a victim of sexual harassment:</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918349928547708929</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918350756092305413</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Van Der Beek did not name his abusers in the tweets.</p><p>On Tuesday, actor <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/terry-crews-hollywood-executive-sexual-assault/">Terry Crews</a> spoke about <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/terry-crews-hollywood-executive-sexual-assault/">being sexually harassed </a>by a Hollywood executive in a series of tweets. Both Van Der Beek and Crews showed solidarity with those who took down Weinstein, and helped to start an important conversation about how women are not the only ones liable to be sexually abused.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/andrea_rva/status/918352295196213248</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/benjennys/status/918397994239750144</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for standing up! Victims should never ever be judged. People often feel powerless. They need support!!</p>&mdash; Michael W. Anderson 🚁 (@Mwanders4) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mwanders4/status/918452906667466752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Actor James Van Der Beek opens up about being sexually assaulted by 'older, powerful men.'

April Lavalle

Dawson&#39;s Creek actor James Van Der Beek has opened up about his own experiences of being sexually harassed at the hands of &quot;older, powerful men&quot; amidst the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal.Van Der Beek took to Twitter on Thursday to laud the women who spoke out against Weinstein, helping to uncover three decades worth of sexual misconduct accusations ranging from harassment to rape:https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918345089725927425https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918346346989604865He then revealed that he, too, has been a victim of sexual harassment:https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918349928547708929https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918350756092305413Van Der Beek did not name his abusers in the tweets.On Tuesday, actor Terry Crews spoke about being sexually harassed by a Hollywood executive in a series of tweets. Both Van Der Beek and Crews showed solidarity with those who took down Weinstein, and helped to start an important conversation about how women are not the only ones liable to be sexually abused.https://twitter.com/andrea_rva/status/918352295196213248https://twitter.com/benjennys/status/918397994239750144Thank you for standing up! Victims should never ever be judged. People often feel powerless. They need support!!&mdash; Michael W. Anderson 🚁 (@Mwanders4) October 12, 2017 

Dawson&#39;s Creek actor James Van Der Beek has opened up about his own experiences of being sexually harassed at the hands of &quot;older, powerful men&quot; amidst the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal.  Van Der Beek took to...