Casey Affleck kisses girlfriend Caylee Cowan as the doting pair go on afternoon stroll in LA
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Casey Affleck was spotted kissing his girlfriend Caylee Cowan as the pair stepped out for a romantic stroll on the streets of Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 31. The couple, who have been together for over a year now, had wrapped their arms around each other as they walked along the pavement.
Ben Affleck's younger brother, 47, sported a fitted hoodie coupled with jeans for the casual afternoon stroll. Meanwhile, his much younger, 24-year-old girlfriend wore a cream sweater with leggings and boots. Their latest PDA-filled appearance comes two months after the pair were spotted arguing in the street. Casey grabbed headlines last year when he was missing from his brother's wedding to Jennifer Lopez in Georgia. Sources later attributed his absence to "family, parental obligations at home."
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When did Casey Affleck start dating Caylee Cowan?
Casey and Caylee first went public with their romance in November 2021 when Page Six published photos of them passionately making out in the street. The Oscar award-winning brother of Ben Affleck went Instagram official with Caylee two days later, calling her "MY LOVE" and commending her for showing up to support him for a blood donation drive.
That sighting also confirmed rumors that Casey had parted ways with his longtime girlfriend Floriana Lima, whom he had been dating since 2016.
In January 2022, Casey revealed in a romantic tribute to Caylee that they had known each other for precisely a year. "A year ago, we met. A few months ago, I got smart. Thank God, it wasn’t too late," he wrote, gushing that "you make me a better man every day."
Before dating Floriana, Casey was reportedly married to Summer Phoenix, the sister of Joaquin and the late River Phoenix. Casey and Summer were married in 2004 before splitting in 2015 and finalized their divorce two years later. The duo shares sons Indiana, 18, and Atticus, 15.
Why was Casey Affleck accused of sexual harassment and who accused him?
Casey, who faced allegations of sexual harassment in 2010, addressed the claims in 2018 after the 'Me Too' movement gained traction and brought his case back into the spotlight. 'I'm Still Here' producer Amanda White and cinematographer Madalena Gorka, who worked with Casey in the 2010 film, had filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment. The cases were eventually settled in 2010.
In a conversation with the Associated Press in 2018, Casey said, "it was an unprofessional environment and, you know, the buck had to stop with me being one of the producers and I have to accept responsibility for that and that was a mistake." He added, "I contributed to that unprofessional environment and I tolerated that kind of behavior from other people and I wish that I hadn’t. And I regret a lot of that. I really did not know what I was responsible for as the boss. I don’t even know if I thought of myself as the boss. But I behaved in a way and allowed others to behave in a way that was really unprofessional. And I’m sorry."