“The point of this story is not to reveal that Bill Murray has a very dark side; that’s hardly news,” writes Geena Davis in her newly released memoir, Dying of Politeness. That disclaimer follows accusations that Murray sexually harassed and verbally abused Davis during the filming of 1990’s Quick Change, the latest in a string of misconduct claims made against the 72-year-old actor.

In her book, Davis alleges that prior to filming Murray tested if she would be “compliant” by requesting that she lie on a bed and try a massage device called “the Thumper.” Writes Davis, “I said no multiple times, but he wouldn’t relent.” During shooting, Murray allegedly screamed at Davis and others on set. (Vanity Fair has reached out to Murray’s lawyer for comment.)

“They might be surprised to hear [the stories about Bill Murray] if they haven’t heard stories about him previously, because he comes off as an affable, fun-loving guy, and many times he was or could be,” Davis told Vanity Fair in an interview about the book. “But once I had that experience, on day one of the movie, then everything about him after that was completely colored by knowing what lurks within. I saw it very, very often when he would deal with other people that way.”

Davis suggested that Murray’s alleged behavior was a means for control on sets. “I was watching him tear apart somebody one day on set,” she said. “He finished, and the other person went away, and he turned around sort of self-satisfied and I said, ‘Man, I can’t wait for you to do that to me again, because now I know how I’ll react.’ And he said, ‘Oh, I don’t have to. You behaved after that.’ So he thought he has to go off on somebody to make sure they ‘behave.’ Whatever his idea of ‘behaving’ is—not challenging him, I guess.”

Murray was the center of recent controversy when production on the Aziz Ansari–directed Being Mortal was suspended due to an alleged complaint about his “inappropriate behavior.” The actor addressed the incident in a CNBC interview, calling it a “difference of opinion.” Murray continued, “The world is different than it was when I was a little kid. What I thought was funny as a little kid isn’t necessarily what is funny now. Things change and the times change. It’s important to me to figure it out. And the most important thing is that it’s best for the other person.”

New details surrounding this on-set incident emerged in a Puck piece published on Monday. According to Eriq Gardner’s reporting, Murray got “particularly friendly” with a “much younger” unnamed female staffer. Murray reportedly felt that the coworker “had been flirting with him” and while they “were in close proximity near a bed that was part of the production, Murray started kissing her body and straddling her.” The staffer alleged that she “couldn’t move because he outweighed her” and that Murray “kissed her on the mouth” while they both wore protective face masks. (Murray’s lawyer declined to comment to Puck.) 

According to the report, the employee was “horrified” by what she perceived to be a sexual advance and lodged a complaint. A second staffer who witnessed the incident also reportedly filed a complaint. According to Puck, Searchlight eventually sent a memo alerting cast and crew to the pause on production, which remains suspended. Murray paid the staffer around $100,000, according to multiple Puck sources, in a settlement that reportedly included a nondisclosure agreement and the waiving of any legal claims the employee could make against Being Mortal producers. (A studio rep wasn’t available to comment to Puck.)  

Davis writes in the book that she’s disclosing Murray’s alleged behavior because of the way she was forced to normalize it. In her book, the Oscar winner points to a particularly uncomfortable appearance they made together on The Arsenio Hall Show in which Murray can be seen pulling down the strap of her dress. “I was all cooperative and did interviews with him,” Davis told Vanity Fair. “I didn’t remember this, but somebody sent me a Première magazine [issue]…We look like we’re having the most fun, and it’s hard to remember what I thought while I was doing those things. Did I just go on autopilot because you’re supposed to be positive and agreeable in publicity?”

Additional reporting by Ilana Kaplan.