Elli Hakami and Julian Hobbs began #HouseOfHammer soon after LAPD began investigating actor Armie Hammer.
The accuser who started it all rejects the doc.
Read @AmyKinLA's latest: latimes.com/entertainment-…
The accuser who started it all rejects the doc.
Read @AmyKinLA's latest: latimes.com/entertainment-…
As “House of Hammer” debuts this weekend, the woman whose claims launched the ongoing LAPD investigation says the project is doing more to harm Hammer’s alleged victims than to help them. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Effie, a 26-year-old European woman who declined to give her last name due to concerns about harassment, said in a March 2021 press conference held by her lawyer, Gloria Allred, that Hammer “violently raped” her. latimes.com/entertainment-… 
Hammer’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, denied Effie’s claims and said his client’s interactions with her “and every other sexual partner of his for that matter” were “completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
Brettler did not respond to The Times’ request for comment on the docuseries. latimes.com/entertainment-…
One month later, Effie said, a producer on “House of Hammer” reached out to her to ask if she would be interviewed for the project. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Effie told The Times that she declined, responding, in part: “It is extremely inappropriate of you to exploit such a tragic, vulnerable time in many people’s lives, with no regard whatsoever for our healing process and privacy.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
Despite the fact that she did not participate in “House of Hammer,” though, Effie’s experience is detailed thoroughly in the series. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Screenshots she posted on her Instagram account are shown extensively, as is a clip of the 2021 press conference in which, through tears, she alleged that Hammer raped her over four hours in April 2017 as she “tried to get away but he wouldn’t let me.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
Effie declined to be interviewed by The Times about the docuseries, citing the ongoing LAPD investigation. Effie did, however, provide a statement to The Times about “House of Hammer.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“House of Hammer” isn’t just about Armie. The series argues that troubled men and unsavory behavior are a generations-long pattern of the Hammer dynasty, starting with Armand Hammer, Armie’s great-grandfather. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Hakami and Hobbs spoke with The Times about what they believe Armie Hammer learned from the men in his family, their response to Effie’s claims and their beliefs about whether or not the actor is a dangerous predator. latimes.com/entertainment-…
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