Sydney — A female star of hit television show Orange is the New Black leveled misconduct allegations against actor Geoffrey Rush, the second Australian actress to accuse the Oscar winner of behaving inappropriately during an Australian theater production.

In a New York Times article entitled "The Cost of Telling a #MeToo Story In Australia", actress Yael Stone said the Pirates of the Caribbean actor danced in appropriately in front of her in their dressing room in a "playful, clownish manner" and used a mirror to watch her showering during a Sydney production of The Diary of A Madman in 2010 and 2011.

"I believe that it was meant with a playful intention, but the effect was that I felt there was nowhere for me to feel safe and unobserved," the New York Times quoted Stone as saying of the shower allegation. Stone was 25 at the time, the article added.

"I sincerely and deeply regret if I have caused her any distress," Rush said in the statement. "This, most certainly, has never been my intention. When we performed in The Diary Of A Madman eight years ago, I believe we engaged in a journey as artistic comrades." — Reuters