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Ryan Seacrest’s former stylist has accused the celebrity of years-long sexual abuse and harassment, according to a letter sent by the stylist’s attorney to E! and its corporate parent NBC Universal. The letter, obtained by Variety, details Seacrest’s alleged abuse of Suzie Hardy, including “grinding his erect penis against her while clad only in his underwear, groping her vagina, and at one point slapping her buttock so hard that it left a large welt still visible hours later,” according to Variety. Seacrest denies the allegations, and E! released a statement last year saying it found “insufficient evidence to support the claims against Seacrest.” Seacrest’s lawyer, Andrew Baum, said “the accuser threatened to make those false claims against him unless he paid her $15 million.”