"In this March 15, 2016 file photo, actor George Takei attends the premiere of ""Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures"" in Los Angeles, Calif. ""Star Trek"" actor Takei has denied he groped a struggling model in 1981.  Takei said Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in a series of tweets that events described in an interview with Scott R. Brunton ""simply did not occur."" He says he ""didn't know why he has claimed them now."" (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision/AP, File)"