Actor James van deer Beek (Dawson's Creek, What Would Diplo Do?) spoke out about the Harvey Weinstein scandal this week and said he had been sexually harassed by a powerful man who grabbed his ass and left him in fear of speaking out.

Said Van Der Beek:

“What Weinstein is being accused of is criminal. What he's admitted to is unacceptable – in any industry. I applaud everybody speaking out. I've had my ass grabbed by older, powerful men, I've had them corner me in inappropriate sexual conversations when I was much younger…I understand the unwarranted shame, powerlessness & inability to blow the whistle. There's a power dynamic that feels impossible to overcome”

https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918346346989604865

https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918349928547708929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fattitude.co.uk%2Fjames-van-der-beek-claims-hes-been-sexually-harassed-by-older-powerful-men%2F

https://twitter.com/vanderjames/status/918350756092305413

Van Der Beek isn't the only male celeb to speak out with a personal experience of harassment in reaction to the Weinstein scandal. Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews said “a high level Hollywood executive…groped [his] privates” at an industry function he was attending with his wife.

https://twitter.com/stephjkd/status/918071122645716993

Actor Michael Gaston (Prison Break, Jericho) also spoke out, saying he was grabbed in the groin by a powerful theatre director 25 years ago and the experience still makes his heart pound and his hands shake when he remembers it:

https://twitter.com/_MichaelGaston/status/917863384015519744

https://twitter.com/_MichaelGaston/status/917863720222539776

https://twitter.com/_MichaelGaston/status/917864082421641216

https://twitter.com/_MichaelGaston/status/917864412970487808

https://twitter.com/DevonOhara/status/917867953365889027