

QuoteIn October 2017, during the MeToo movement, a former talent agency employee accused Ratner of rape. On November 1, 2017, six women, including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual assault and harassment, as well as following an actress into a bathroom without invitation and masturbating as another entered his trailer to deliver food. The same month, Elliot Page accused Ratner of sexual harassment and outing the then-18-year-old Page as lesbian (before Page came out as a trans man) in front of many onlookers including Anna Paquin, who later confirmed the story. A former fashion model came forward regarding an incident involving Russell Simmons and Ratner back in 1991, when Simmons coerced her to perform oral sex while Ratner was present.
QuoteA photo released in December 2025 as part of the Epstein files showed Ratner posing with Jean-Luc Brunel, an associate of financier and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Further images released in January 2026 showed Ratner sitting on a sofa with Epstein and two young women, with one of these photos showing Ratner cuddling one of the them, and appearing with Epstein, Brunel and three women on a separate occasion.