Actor Tom Sizemore accused of sex assault

Actor Tom Sizemore has been accused of harassment and sexual battery in a lawsuit filed Friday by his former personal assistant. The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, says the 41-year old co-star of such films as "Black Hawk Down" and "Saving Private Ryan" repeatedly propositioned assistant Paulina Briones for sex. The suit also names Sizemore`s holding company, Bare Knuckles Productions; Forward Pass, which produces the television show "Robbery Homicide Division" that Sizemore appears in; Universal Television Network, the production company for the series; and CBS Television, which licenses the show. Briones said in the suit that she was hired in July 2002 for $1,500 per week to handle such personal tasks as ensuring Sizemore was awake in time to get to the set of his show, fielding phone calls and getting him soft drinks. However, Sizemore soon "made his needs and true intentions apparent," the suit claims. Briones alleged that Sizemore once greeted her naked when she arrived at his home, asking her several times to perform a sex act in return for $5,000. The suit alleges that Sizemore`s demands escalated to a daily demand for sex and that he once tried to force her to perform a sex act. She also alleged that he asked her to ask her friends to have sex with him for money and to prepare dosages of methamphetamine and Vicodin for his consumption. Sizemore was convicted in August of six misdemeanor counts of harassing, annoying and physically abusing his former girlfriend, ex-Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 2 and could face up to four years in prison. An attorney for Briones did not return a call for comment. A telephone call to Sizemore`s lawyer after business hours Friday was not immediately returned.