‘The hammer saga’ will retire images of a bite for allegedly fake

The documentary series “The Hammer Saga: Scandal and Perversion” has already premiered its three chapters on HBO Max and although its producers claim to have been “rigorous in investigations”, They will have to modify some images of an alleged bite because they are presumably false. In the scene in question, Courtney Vucekovich, one of Armie Hammer’s exes who accuses you of abuse, shows a photograph of a bite as evidence, but several viewers and viewers have noted that it looks too much like a tattoo image that is available on Pinterest. .

Vucekovich, who accused Hammer of sexual misconduct, explains in the interview included in the documentary that the actor convinced her to engage in BDSM practices that she didn’t feel safe with and talks about the “bombing” of love, coercion, and abuse that she would suffer during their relationship. “Bite too hard”says Vucekovich and shows a photograph that he would take and then send and which he believes corresponds to his own body: “He tells you to wear them as a badge of honor. It’s almost as if he convinced me I’m lucky to have them. As suspicious as it may sound, at the time I took it as a token of love. Looking back now, it’s it makes me sick. ”

After the premiere of the series, all social networks began to comment on the great similarity between the photograph that Vucekovich shows and the image of a tattoo circulating on the Internet, and Talos Films, producer of “The Hammer Saga”, began the process remove at least the photograph from the documentary, and this has been confirmed by Variety. In any case, The producer supported both Vucekovich and the rest of Hammer’s accusers in a statement to the media and defended their testimonies: “We take our responsibility seriously to represent the victims’ stories. When new information emerged about this series, we immediately began investigating it and will make the appropriate changes as quickly as possible. We are proud of those who have stepped forward to share the story. their truth with the public, including Courtney Vucekovich and Casey Hammer, and we strongly support the important message of this docuseries. “

Also in an interview with Variety prior to the series launch, Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs, behind the scenes responsible for “The Hammer Saga”, spoke in the middle of the documentation process: “We always review our films with multiple lawyers. No film we’ve ever made has been subjected to more scrutiny than this because we had to get it right. It wasn’t just about having two sources; we had three. We were like, ‘In case of doubt, leave him alone. ‘ out”. Rigorous research, legal and archival reviews were done at every stage of the process on all film materials. I’ll be honest, up until two days ago we were replacing a photo because we weren’t 100% sure it was attributed to the right person and place and that we were allowed to use it. “ Hobbs said.

A confusion

For his part, Vucekovich released his own statement to People explaining the misunderstanding: “When you are bombarded with love, you get a lot of pictures in no time. During my relationship with Armie, I received numerous messages that included countless photos and videos. The bite mark shown was a photo sent by Armie within our thread. of messages that was archived and over a year later I thought it was a photo of me as I have dozens of photos depicting her abuse on my body. I chose to tell my story to shed light on what I experienced in my relationship, in the hope that others will not find themselves in the same situation. “

Neither Hammer nor his legal team have responded to the allegations being made in “The Hammer Saga”, but they continue to fail to acknowledge that there has been any kind of abuse and reiterate that all of the actor’s sexual encounters were “consensual, discussed and previously agreed, and mutual participation”.