Armie Hammer, the actor and his family are at the center of the controversial documentary House of Hammer.
the docuseries House of the hammerbased on the family story of actor Armie Hammer, he landed last Friday on the Discovery + (HBO Max) platform surrounded by huge controversy after the allegations of sexual abuse and even cannibalism received from the protagonist of Call me by your name.
After the trailer for this three-part production was released late last month, media attention was once again on the figure of Hammer, who was involved in an unprecedented major scandal in 2021.
In that period his conversations came to light in which his sexual fetishism was evident and which led to cannibalistic practices on the part of the actor.
At the time, Hammer was also accused of sexual abuse by several women and this story was shared by many others who claimed to have suffered the same from the Californian actor. Armie Martello he was also charged with rape from one of his alleged victims.
From there, the allegations against Hammer were a dark list that included cannibalism, sadomasochism, physical violence, depravity, psychological and sexual abuse.
Although both Hammer and his legal representatives have denied most of the allegations, the reality is that he has since disappeared from Hollywood and, according to the American press, currently away from cameras, the interpreter is dedicated to the sale of luxury real estate. to the Cayman Islands, where he spent part of his childhood.
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Now, this docuseries brings Hammer, also the protagonist of the film, back into the spotlight. The social network. In the production of Discovery +, archive images, voice notes and exclusive interviews with two of his ex-girlfriends, Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, are collected, confirming the allegations accumulated against Hammer.
In the actor’s tumultuous love life there are testimonies that also speak of his apparent obsession with the Japanese art of rope bondage, a violent sexual practice.
But the docuseries goes further and exposes the entire Hammer family, with tycoon great-grandparents linked to oil companies and other millionaire businesses. Many of its members are also questioned in the documentary, and stories appear, such as that of Armie’s aunt, Casey Hammer, with controversial statements.
“On the outside we were a perfect family, but we’re a million times worse than the series Succession. (…) It was like doing business with the devil all the time, “explains Casey Hammer in his testimony House of the hammer.
In fact, the actor’s aunt recognized him recently, in an interview for the medium The Daily Beast that there is a whole history of abuse behind his family.
“She doesn’t wake up one day and become a monster. It’s learned behavior because it happened before,” said Casey, adding that she herself has been abused within the family, from which she is a stranger.
Violence and scandals have marked the family throughout its history, as Hammer’s great-grandfather Armand was convicted of manslaughter in 1920 and Hamer’s grandfather Julian killed a man in 1955 for a gambling debt.
Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs direct this docuseries which premiered today on Discovery + (HBO Max) and which, according to the description on its official website, aims to expose “deception, abuse, addiction and corruption” within five generations. of men in the Martello family.
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Source: Clarin
