True or false? Should you believe this and should the media run with it?
When I was 19 years old, I wished to become an actress in Hollywood. One day, on the set of Cheech and Chong, I was asked to stand in for an actress who was getting her hair done. I was told to lie on the bed with Tommy Chong, with the sheets and duvet covering us both, my side of the covers pulled over my face so that during filming it would not be noticed that I was body doubling for the actress.
While under the covers with Chong, I felt his hand cup my breast and then travel down my body to between my legs. He grabbed my hand and placed it on his penis and rubbed it up and down. I was mortified and didn't know what to do because the camera was rolling and there were people all around. I was only 19 and naive and not very versed in how to deal with sexual assault, a sexual assault that occurred with a group of men surrounding the bed, a group of men who were friends with Mr. Chong, a famous actor and comedian, and me, a nobody that they could care less about.
I remained paralyzed under the sheet while Chong laughed with his crew and continued to move his hands and mine wherever he wanted. When they finished filming and the actress I was standing in for came into the room, I was summarily dismissed and I got out of the bed and pulled my dress down in front of everyone; I was crying but no one even looked at me and I ran from the room.
I was so traumatized by the experience that I left Hollywood and my dreams and over the years I had to seek counseling as I didn't trust men after that. I only told my sister and father what happened because they asked why I left Hollywood so abruptly and gave up on my long desired acting career.
I didn't come forward years ago because I was just an extra in the film industry and I knew no one would believe me over Tommy Chong who was loved and admired by many. But, now that I, too, have been on television for years and I am more mature and able to handle the fallout, I want to come forward and let people, especially other women who may have been abused by Mr. Chong, to know what happened to me and encourage others to come forward if they have had a similar experience. I want to let the public know that no one should get away with sexual assault just because they are famous and the victim is not. I hope coming forward will help others deal with sexual abuse and bring their abusers to justice.
Now, to the evidence:
On the side of Pat Brown:
She can prove she was in Hollywood at the time she claims the incident occurred.
She can prove by way of old dated letters (with the envelope) that she was on the set of Cheech and Chong's movie.
Her sister will verify that she was told by Pat Brown that the incident occurred and that she was told of the incident shortly after it occurred.
On the side of Tommy Chong:
No one remembers Pat Brown on the set while the movie was being filmed.
No one remembers an incident in which Tommy Chong was in the bed with Pat Brown.
No one remembers an incident in which an upset young extra jumped from the bed with her dress up over her waist and ran crying from the room.
The father of Pat Brown is dead; therefore, he cannot testify to what she said years ago.
Even if Pat Brown claimed years ago Tommy Chong sexually assaulted her, there is no way of knowing if this was truthful or just a fantastical claim of Pat Brown's to gain attention or to explain to her family her failure in Hollywood as an actress.
No one knows if Pat Brown and her sister are telling this story in order to achieve notoriety or money.
No one knows if Pat Brown and her sister are telling this story in order to achieve notoriety or money.
If other women come forward with similar claims, do you believe this adds to the evidence on Pat Brown's side of the equation?
Do you think this is a story the media should spread and a case Gloria Allred should take up since no police report was ever filed?
If this story goes public, who do you think the victim is? Pat Brown or Tommy Chong?
DISCLAIMER: I have just received a phone call offering me legal representation against Tommy Chong. THE POST IS FICTION! It is meant to make people THINK TWICE about media stories in which a famous person is accused of sexual assault without proof. I was NOT assaulted by Tommy Chong or any other famous person.
Criminal Profiler Pat Brown
October 16, 2016