Charlyne Yi has leveled some serious allegations against an unnamed actor they worked with on Taika Waititi’s upcoming Apple TV+ series Time Bandits, based on Terry Gilliam’s 1981 film of the same name. In an Instagram post from earlier this month, Yi said they were “not safe, supported, or protected,” on the Time Bandits set, as they were “physically assaulted multiple times by an actor, as well as psychologically abused.”
Yi, a voice actor, writer, and comedian who’s appeared in films like Knocked Up, This Is 40, and Always Be My Maybe, and voiced characters in Cartoon Network series like Steven Universe and We Bare Bears, goes on to say that the powers that be kept them from seeking any kind of accountability from this person. “I was gaslit by coworkers, producers, and HR,” they wrote, adding, “They debated my life, gaslit me, told me to feed my abusers’ ego… to submit to my abuser so he wouldn’t physically assault me anymore.”
Prior to this incident, which occurred about 18 months ago, show sources tell The Daily Beast, Yi has a history of making allegations against various stars on social media. On Twitter in 2017, they accused comedian and Arrested Development star David Cross of targeting them with racist jokes during an interaction they’d had a decade prior. The following year, also on Twitter, Yi accused Marilyn Manson of harassing them when they appeared as a series regular on the TV drama House.
