PERSON WHO SAYS HE WITNESSED SOME OF THAT ALLEGED BAD
BEHAVIOR.
KATE SNOW HAS MORE ON THIS.
>> Reporter: RYAN SEACREST
CONTINUES TO VEHEMENTLY DENY THESE ALLEGATIONS, CALLING A
STORY IN "VARIETY," SALACIOUS.
BUT WE WERE PUT IN CONTACT WITH
A SOURCE THAT I SPOKE WITH BY
PHONE LAST NIGHT.
THAT SOURCE SAYS HE WAS THERE, TOO. SOURCE SAYS HE WAS THERE,
TOO.
AND HE DESCRIBED SOME OF THE SAM
INCIDENTS THAT HARDY HAS
ALLEGED.
THE MAN HAS WORKED IN HOLLYWOOD
FOR YEARS BUT DOES NOT WANT HIS
NAME USED BECAUSE HE STILL WORKS
IN THE INDUSTRY AND FEARS RETALIATION.TRY AND FEARS
RETALIATION.
THE SOURCE, WHO NBC NEWS HAS VERIFYIED WORKED ALONGSIDE RYAN
SEACREST, SAYS HE SAW THE STAR
BEHAVE INAPPROPRIATE AT STYLIST
SUZIE HARDY.
SHE WOULD GO TO TIE HIS SHOE AND
RYAN WOULD SHOVE HER HEAD NEAR
HIS CROTCH.
>> SHES TYING MY SHOE. >> Reporter: THIS VIDEO WAS
ADMITTED AS A REBUTTAL.
JUST BEFORE AN OSCARS RED
CARPET SPECIAL IN 2008, THE
SOURCE THAT WORKED ALONGSIDE SEACREST SAID SEACREST WAS BEING
DRESSED BY HARDY.
THE DOORS TO THE BEDROOM OPENED
AND SEACREST WAS HOLDING HARDY
IN A BEAR HUG.
SHE YELLED, GET OFF OF ME.
SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM
HIM.
HIM.
I COULD SEE AN ERECT PENIS IN HIS UNDERWEAR. ERECT PENIS IN
HIS UNDERWEAR. THE SOURCE DESCRIBES HARDY AS
VISIBLY SHAKING AND SAYS HE
URGED HER TO TALK TO HUMAN
RESOURCES.
RESOURCES.
IN A LETTER SENT LAST NOVEMBER
AND OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS, HARDYS ATTORNEYS SAID THE
INCIDENT HAPPENED IN 2009, AND
SEACREST WAS ON TOP OF HARDY IN A BEDROOM.AS ON TOP OF HARDY IN
A BEDROOM.
THAT LETTER INCLUDED AN
ALLEGATION THAT IN 2009, SEACREST SLAPPED HARDY ON HER
EAR
EAR
REAR-END AS THEY WERE LEAVING AN E! SET.D AS THEY WERE LEAVING AN
E! SET. THE SOURCE SAYS HE DID NOT SEE
THE SLAP, BUT MOMENTS AFTER IT
OCCURRED, HARDY TOLD HIM WHAT
HAPPENED AND SHOWED A WELT ON
HER BEHIND.
HER BEHIND. E! NOT WORK WILL LOOK INTO
ALLEGATIONS ON SEACREST.
THE INVESTIGATION FOUND
INRECEIVE EVIDENCE TO
SUBSTANTIATE ALLEGATIONS.
SUBSTANTIATE ALLEGATIONS. SOME SAY THERE WERE OTHER
WITNESSES THAT DISPUTE HARDYS
ACCOUNTS.
ACCOUNTS.
THIS MORNING, RYAN SEACREST IS
FIGHTING BACK, SAYING IN A
STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART,
THIS PERSON WHO HAS ACCUSED ME OF HORRIBLE THINGS OFFERED, ON
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, TO WITHDRAW
HER CLAIMS IF I PAID HER
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
I REFUSED.
I REFUSED. ADDING, I HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY
HARD TO ACHIEVE MY SUCCESS.
AND I DONT TAKE MY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTED.
I DONT WANT TO ACCUSE ANYONE OF
NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
BUT IN THIS CASE, I HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO AGAIN DENY THE
CLAIMS AGAINST ME, REMIND ME I
WAS RECUSED OF ANY WRONGDOING
AND PUT THE MATTER TO REST.
HARDYS ATTORNEY RESPONDED WITH
HIS OWN STATEMENT SAYING,
SEACRESTS WORDS WERE AN ATTEMPT
TO SMEAR THE VICTIM AND DIVERT
ATTENTION FROM HER SPECIFIC AND
SUPPORTABLE CLAIMS.
SUPPORTABLE CLAIMS. THE INTENSE HE SAID/SHE SAID IS
FOR HOLLYWOOD TO JUDGE.
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW
MUCH THIS IS GOING TO TRAIL HIM
AND IMPACT HIS CAREER.
SO FAR, IT REALLY HASNT SEEMED
TO IMPACT HIM AT ALL.
>> Reporter: SEACREST SAYS HE
PARTICIPATED IN THE E!
INVESTIGATION TO DEMONSTRATE HIS
INNOCENCE.
INNOCENCE.
AND PRAISE THE NATIONAL RECKONING OVER SEXUALAL
RECKONING OVER SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
HARASSMENT.
I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS CAUSE UNEQUIVOCALLY AND APPLAUD ALL OF
THE BRAVE SOULS WHO HAVE COME
FORWARD TO TELL THEIR STORIES.
THE CLAIMS MADE BY OUR SOURCE
WERE REJECTED AND DENYIEDDENIED,
ARE LIES, HE SAYS.
THE ATTORNEY SAYS THESE CLAIMS
ARE NOT NEW AND WERE CONSIDERED
BY THE INVESTIGATOR HIRED BY E!
WHO, AGAIN, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF
WRONGDOING.
WRONGDOING.
THIS MORNING, SEVERAL NETWORKS
THAT WORK WITH RYAN SEACREST ARE
STANDING BY HIM, SHOOTING OF THE "AMERICAN IDOL" REBOOT ON NBC IS
LATER THIS WEEK.
SEACREST HOSTS "LIVE WITH
KELLY & RYAN."