And out come the skeletons… Amid the investigation into Bill Murray’s alleged inappropriate behavior on the set of “Being Mortal,” Twitter users have dug up past allegations of misconduct against the actor. One user noted Bill’s ex-wife Jennifer Butler Murray’s accusations of domestic abuse. According to The Baltimore Sun, Butler Murray filed for divorce in May 2008, stating in her filing that Murray “hit her in the face” in November of 2007, telling her “she was ‘lucky he didn’t kill her.'”
Another Twitter user tweeted that Murray’s ex’s claims didn’t surprise him, “considering how he treated a powerful female producer on a full set.” Laura Ziskin, the producer in question behind notable films like “Spider-Man” and Bill’s iconic comedy, “What About Bob?,” recalled an incident on the latter film’s set to The Baltimore Sun in 2003. In addition to the actor reportedly throwing Ziskin (albeit playfully) into a lake mid-argument, “Bill also threatened to throw me across the parking lot and then broke my sunglasses and threw them across the parking lot,” Ziskin said, elaborating, “I was furious and outraged at the time, but having produced a dozen movies, I can safely say it is not common behavior.”
The notoriously press-shy Murray doesn’t seem to have directly addressed the above accusations, but that hasn’t stopped some on social media from passing judgement, or as the above Twitter user who shared Butler Murray’s accusations put it: “We’ve needed to talk about Bill Murray probably being a bad dude for years.”
If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.
