Emile Hirsch is looking back and reflecting on the2015 assault of a Paramount executiveduring the Sundance Film Festival.
It was scary because it was so wrapped up in binge drinking, Hirsch toldThe Independentin a recent interview.
I had no memory of what happened.
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So Im reading the stuff the next day, like, What?
Its like if you drink too much and then you wake up and youve done this horrible thing.
The information was in investigative documentsobtainedby the Associated Press.
Hirsch acknowledged having three or four drinks that night but said he couldnt remember exactly what happened.
I dont think it was much more than that to be honest….
I think she had a go at me and I probably defended myself.
I had no memory of what happened.
So Im reading the stuff the next day, like, What?
Its like if you drink too much and then you wake up and youve done this horrible thing.
Its something that should have just never happened.
Sometimes people not everybody have these moments where you let yourself down or you let other people down.
And thats sort of what Ive chosen to do.
I hope that I can be a better person as well.
His rendering falls short of regarding how that assault impacted the victim, whom Deadline will not name here.
