Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman apologized Thursday after he was accused by eight women of harassment and inappropriate behavior in a published report.

　　奥斯卡获奖演员摩根弗里曼，在被八名女性指控其存在性骚扰或不当行为后，于周四发表声明并公开道歉。

　　"Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would willingly offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy," Freeman said in a statement. "I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected — that was never my intent."

　　摩根·弗里曼在公开道歉信称：“所有了解我或者曾与我一起工作的人都知道我不是那种会故意冒犯、让人感到不舒服的人。如果有人感到不舒服和没有被尊重，我道歉——我绝非故意。”

　　The mea culpa came several hours after a CNN report in which the women — backed up by eight additional witnesses — described “a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman on set, while promoting his movies and at his production company Revelations Entertainment.”

　　美国有线电视新闻网报道该事件几个小时之后，这位女性的陈述也得到了另外8名证人的支持—“在宣传他的电影和制作公司Revelations Entertainment时，在舞台上弗里曼确实存在不当行为。”

　　Among other things, Freeman allegedly subjected two women to “unwanted touching” and three said he made “public comments about women’s clothing or bodies.” “But each of them said they didn’t report Freeman’s behavior, with most saying it was because they feared for their jobs,” CNN reported.

　　除此之外，弗里曼还涉嫌强迫两名女性进行“不必要的接触”，另外三名女性表示他在公开场合存在“关于女性的衣服或身体的不正当评论”。“但他们每个人都表示他们没有揭露弗里曼的这种行为，大多数人说这是因为他们担心失去工作“CNN报道。

　　Only two of the women accusing Freeman — including Chloe Melas, a co-author of the CNN article, who says she was harassed while interviewing the actor on a junket — were named. NBC has not verified the allegations against the actor.

　　其中指责弗里曼的两位女性之一包括CNN文章的合作者克洛伊梅拉斯(Chloe Melas)说，她在面试时受到了性骚扰。但是NBC没有核实对这位演员的指控。

　　Freeman, 80, made his mark in movies like “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Shawshank Redemption” and won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for “Million Dollar Baby.” He also made waves playing God in “Bruce Almighty.” The iconic actor has been nominated four other times for an Oscar and is also famous for his voice-over work in the Oscar-winning documentaries “March of the Penguins” and “The Long Way Home.”

　　现年80岁的弗里曼在电影“为黛西小姐开车”和“肖申克救赎”中脱颖而出，并获得奥斯卡金像奖最佳男配角奖，他还在“冒牌天神”中扮演上帝的角色。作为演员曾获得奥斯卡四次提名，并因在奥斯卡获奖纪录片“帝企鹅日记”和“漫漫回家路”中出色的配音而名声大噪。