Editing Kirk Douglas (section)

===Rape allegation===
Douglas is alleged to have raped actress [[Natalie Wood]] in the summer of 1955, when she was 16 and he 38.<ref name=AP-211104/> Wood's alleged rape was first publicized in [[Suzanne Finstad]]'s 2001 biography of the actress, though Finstad never named the offender.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomson |first1=David |title=Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire |date=January 14, 2020 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-10197-102-4 |page=223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HejEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223}}</ref>

The allegation received renewed attention in January 2018, after the [[75th Golden Globe Awards]] ceremony paid tribute to Douglas, with several news outlets citing a 2012 anonymous blog post which accused Douglas.<ref name="Mediaite-180107">{{cite web |last1=Wulfsohn |first1=Joseph A. |title=Twitter Calls Out Globes For Honoring Kirk Douglas, Accused of Raping Natalie Wood |url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-calls-out-golden-globes-for-honoring-kirk-douglas-accused-of-raping-natalie-wood-not-a-good-look/ |website=Mediaite |date=January 7, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> In July 2018, Wood's sister [[Lana Wood|Lana]] said during a 12-part podcast about her sister's life that her sister was sexually assaulted as a teen and that the attack had occurred inside the [[Chateau Marmont]] during an audition and went on "for hours".<ref name=AOL-180726>{{cite web|last=Chan|first=Anna|date=July 26, 2018|title=Lana Wood: Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted as a teen|url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/07/26/lana-wood-natalie-wood-was-sexually-assaulted-as-a-teen/23490211/|url-status=live|website=AOL|access-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913094234/https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/07/26/lana-wood-natalie-wood-was-sexually-assaulted-as-a-teen/23490211/|archive-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref> In the 2021 memoir ''Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood'', Lana Wood alleged Douglas was her sister's assailant.<ref name=AP-211104>{{cite news|last=Italie|first=Hillel|date=November 4, 2021|title=Natalie Wood was assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-movies-los-angeles-hollywood-2edc063a1a5529bd6cd7fdca096672cc|work=Associated Press|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> Douglas' son Michael issued a statement, saying "May they both rest in peace."<ref name=AP-211104/>