A former model has accused Oscar-winning actor Timothy Hutton of raping her when she was 14.

Accuser Sera Johnston, now 50, told BuzzFeed News she was sexually assaulted by the American actor in Vancouver in 1983, an allegation that he has strongly denied.

Johnston claims the alleged attack took place after she and two friends were invited to his hotel room.

“It was like we were entertaining them – cute,” Johnston told BuzzFeed News. “We were funny, you know what I mean.”

She alleged that Hutton sat down next to her and;

“Was getting very close to me, you know, really kind of sidling up to me, and petting my legs and stuff.

“I was just, like: I think this is going to be bad. I was really wrong about this,” she told BuzzFeed.