Trace Lysette accuses 'Transparent' co-star Jeffrey Tambor of sexual harassment: Report

'Transparent' actor Jeffrey Tambor has been accused of sexual misconduct by Trace Lysette, his co-star on the show, on Friday, reports from Varietystated.

Transparent is a groundbreaking Amazon series that capitulates one father's journey to womanhood - Maura Pfefferman- which is played by Jeffrey Tambor, and has won two Emmys.

Lysette, who has featured multiple times in the show, is calling out Amazon to remove the actor on the grounds of 'inappropriate behavior' and claims that the star allegedly 'got physical' once, reported Variety.

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According to sources, Amazon is already in the process of carrying out a thorough investigation in the matter.

Lysette released a detailed statement, on Friday, pinning down details of the incident from the day.

“Despite multiple uncomfortable experiences with Jeffrey, it has been an incredible, career-solidifying honor to bring life to my character Shea on Amazon’s Transparent,” Lysette said. “Working on the award-winning series as a low-income trans woman with active roots in New York’s ball culture is a rare opportunity most of my sisters are not given."

She finally wrote, “My hope is that Amazon can find the good in this, and use this as an opportunity, a teachable moment to re-center the other trans characters in this show with the family members instead of just pulling it,” she continued. “Let our brilliant writers continue to craft something that is entertaining and creates a social change the way they know how. Don’t let the trans community suffer for the actions of one cis male actor… I call on Amazon to make another bold affirmative move to our communities, remove the problem and let the show go on.”

Tambor has since contradicted the accusations in a statement to Variety, stating that he has “never been a predator — ever," as per media reports.

“For the past four years, I’ve had the huge privilege — and huge responsibility – of playing Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman, in a show that I know has had an enormous, positive impact on a community that has been too long dismissed and misunderstood. Now I find myself accused of behavior that any civilized person would condemn unreservedly,” the statement reads.

“I know I haven’t always been the easiest person to work with. I can be volatile and ill-tempered, and too often I express my opinions harshly and without tact. But I have never been a predator – ever,” Tambor continued. “I am deeply sorry if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being sexually aggressive or if I ever offended or hurt anyone. But the fact is, for all my flaws, I am not a predator and the idea that someone might see me in that way is more distressing than I can express,” he said to the media.

Amazon Studios takes issues of sexual harassment rather seriously after president Roy Price was accused of similar allegations from multiple women, last month.