FAMILY DRAMA

Oscar Winner’s Kids Reveal Why They Are Estranged From Their Dad

The actor’s son said their relationship changed after a MeToo allegation was leveled at his father.

Richard Dreyfuss’ son has revealed that “MeToo” allegations were the reason that he and his siblings became estranged from the Oscar-winner. In an interview with USA Today, Ben Dreyfuss, 39, said he and his siblings, Harry and Emily, are not expecting to receive any money from their 78-year-old father. “Everyone assumes my siblings and I are wealthy from our dad, and we’re all a bit too uncomfortable to make it clear, but we have no money from my dad,” Ben wrote in a since-deleted tweet on Nov. 13. “My dad has no money... If he did, we wouldn’t get it since we’ve been estranged ever since some complicated family drama to do with MeToo.” Ben said their estrangement began when his younger brother accused Kevin Spacey of sexual assault in a 2017 BuzzFeed essay. Ben used his father’s Twitter account to support his brother, prompting someone to come forward and allege that the Mr Holland’s Opus star was himself guilty of sexual assault. “He blames us for that,” Ben said. Despite the estrangement, Ben said, “I love my father. I have always loved him.” Dreyfus welcomed his three children with ex-wife Jeramie Rain before the pair’s 1995 divorce. He married his third wife, Svetlana Erokhin, in 2006.