4 months after Sebastian Bear-McClard was accused of sexual misconduct and grooming, his former producing associate addressed the “disgusting” allegations for the primary time.

“Once you discover out one thing about someone that you simply didn’t notice, you simply need to be far more cautious,” Benny Safdie advised GQ in an interview printed Monday.

“It’s so much, and it’s not one thing that you simply need to have occur to anyone,” the director, 37, continued. “And once you discover it out, the one factor that you are able to do is basically simply take management.”

Notably, by the point a number of girls got here ahead in March in opposition to Bear-McClard, Benny and brother Josh Safdie had already fired Emily Ratajkowski’s estranged husband from their firm, Elara Footage.

“The Elara workforce had been made conscious of Sebastian McClard’s conduct in July 2022,” the siblings’ rep stated on the time. “They took rapid motion and terminated him.”

The trio launched Elara in 2014 alongside producer Oscar Boyson.

When Web page Six broke the information of Bear-McClard’s termination over “complaints about his conduct” in August 2022, he issued a denial.

The filmmaker, 36, claimed to us on the time that he had merely taken a break from work to take care of his sick mom.

Web page Six solely reported the earlier month that Ratajkowski, 32, was divorcing Bear-McClard after 4 years of marriage, with a supply calling him a “serial cheater.”

The mannequin filed for divorce in September 2022 however has but to handle her soon-to-be ex’s alleged grooming and sexual misconduct as they battle for custody of their 2-year-old son, Sylvester.

Nevertheless, Ratajkowski’s associates advised Selection she was “not shocked.”

The “Gone Woman” star opened as much as Harper’s Bazaar the next month about feeling “all of the feelings” from her breakup and figuring out she’ll “be OK.”

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Whereas Bear-McClard has remained principally underneath the radar moreover occasional pictures out and about in New York Metropolis, Ratajkowski has been making headlines all yr for her high-profile romances.

Not solely did the “iCarly” alum have a fling with Pete Davidson following his break up from Kim Kardashian, however she made out with Harry Kinds in Tokyo in March.

After seemingly popping out as bisexual in an October 2022 TikTok video, Ratajkowski advised HommesGirls that she would “like to” date a girl.

“[I’m] ready for the fitting one to come back alongside,” the “My Physique” creator defined through the Could interview, calling Megan Thee Stallion her sort.