James Franco's Accusers Speak Out on GMA: 'If We Allow Any of Them, We're Allowing All of Them.'

In the weeks since James Franco—wearing a Time's Up pin—won a Golden Globe for his performance in "The Disaster Artist" the actor has come under increasing public scrutiny over alleged sexual misconduct. During the ceremony he was called out on Twitter over rumors of past bad behavior which he then addressed on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert saying, "I pride myself on taking responsibility for things that I’ve done...The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate, but I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice because they didn’t have a voice for so long. So I don’t want to, you know, shut them down in any way."

Then in a piece reported by the Los Angeles Times, five women came forward on the record alleging acts misconduct on Franco's part, many related to the acting school he founded. Today, two of those women—Violet Paley and Sarah Tither-Kaplan appeared on Good Morning America to further discuss their feelings about Franco.

"James abused his power by exploiting the non-celebrity women that he worked with under the guise of giving them opportunities," says Tither-Kaplan, a former student of Franco's. She goes on to say that she knows that she is putting her dream of being an actor and a filmmaker at risk by speaking out against Franco and that while she did have some positive experiences, she was very uncomfortable working on nude scenes with some other students. Paley, who tweeted about Franco during the Golden Globes, says Franco pressured her into sexual activity. She continued to have a consensual sexual relationship with him with she says complicates her story. "I am regretful. I was young," Paley says. "He was a celebrity I looked up to."

When asked where Franco falls in the spectrum of men behaving badly, Tither-Kaplan explains, "James is absolutely not a Harvey Weinstein. He is not an unfeeling monster who has no view of reality. He created exploitative environments for non-celebrity women on his sets. I also think James is a very talented and valuable person. It's a pyramid and at the top is rape and sexual violence and at the bottom are the other abuses of power that when they continue to happen over and over, build and build and build and create a culture that allows the most heinous examples of sexual violence, and misogyny, and discrimination to happen. And so if we allow any of them, we're allowing all of them."

So what would they like to see Franco do next? Tither-Kaplan wants him to use his power to "give opportunities to women that are real and valuable and actually give them career advancement." She says he is not unforgivable to her. Paley's request is simple, "Please, just apologize."

You can watch the full GMA interview below: