Editing William Hurt (section)

=== Domestic violence allegations ===
Hurt's girlfriend Sandra Jennings sued Hurt in New York, seeking recognition of their relationship as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law. The New York court held that the relationship between Hurt and Jennings did not qualify as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law and found in Hurt's favor that no marriage existed.<ref name="jennings" />  During Jennings' lawsuit against Hurt, she alleged that Hurt subjected her to physical and verbal abuse. His spokesperson denied that Hurt ever beat Jennings.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Lisa |date=June 24, 1989 |title=The Accidental Husband |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-25-8902120684-story.html |access-date=March 21, 2022 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en}}</ref>

In her 2009 autobiography ''I'll Scream Later'', Marlee Matlin said that their relationship involved drug use and physical violence from Hurt,<ref>{{cite web |date=April 14, 2009 |title=Marlee Matlin: Baby sitter's abuse led to life of drugs, violence |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/14/lkl.marlee.matlin/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232050/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/14/lkl.marlee.matlin/index.html |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> including a [[rape]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Amy |date=November 9, 2017 |title=When Marlee Matlin Accused William Hurt of Sexual Assault |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-marlee-matlin-accused-william-hurt-of-rape |accessdate=March 16, 2022 |website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> In response to the accusations aired on [[CNN]] on April 13, 2009, Hurt's agent declined to respond, but Hurt issued a statement the following day that his "own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives. Of course, I did and do apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we have both grown. I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good."<ref>{{cite web |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |date=April 14, 2009 |title=William Hurt to Marlee Matlin: "I Apologize for Any Pain I Caused". |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/118626/william_hurt_marlee_matlin_i_apologize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155657/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b118626_william_hurt_marlee_matlin_i_apologize.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |accessdate=March 13, 2022 |website=[[E!]]}}</ref>

In a 2022 essay for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', after Hurt had died, author Donna Kaz wrote about dating Hurt in their twenties, from 1977 to 1980. She accused Hurt of domestic abuse in the article.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaz |first=Donna |date=March 18, 2022 |title=William Hurt's Former Partner Donna Kaz on Surviving Abuse and Speaking Her Truth |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/donna-kaz-william-hurt-former-partner-surviving-abuse-1235208312/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>