Richard Dreyfuss’ Son Ben Slams Actor in Blistering Social Media Post

Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss is flat-broke and estranged from his three kids, according to a shocking online rant from his oldest son.

Ben Dreyfuss, 39, made the blistering allegation in a series of since-deleted posts to X, claiming the Jaws star “has no money,” per USA Today.

What’s more, Ben adds that if his 78-year-old father had money, “we wouldn’t get it since we’ve been estranged [from him] ever since some complicated family drama to do with MeToo.”

According to Ben, the family drama dates back to 2017 when his younger brother, Harry, accused actor Kevin Spacey of groping him when he was an 18-year-old high school senior in 2008, according to People.

In an online essay, Harry wrote the incident occurred when he was visiting his dad in London where Spacey was directing him in a play.

Spacey “knew he could fondle me in a room with my father and that I wouldn’t say a word. He knew I wouldn’t have had the guts. And I didn’t,” Harry wrote.

At the time, Ben was managing his dad’s social media account and said he published a tweet supporting his brother from Richard’s account. That tweet “prompted someone to ‘MeToo’ my dad” and Richard has apparently never forgiven him, according to Ben.

As the National Enquirer reported that same year, journalist Jessica Teich accused the Close Encounters of the Third Kind star of sexually harassing her days after Ben published the tweet supporting Harry. Dreyfuss denied her allegations.

Ben also revealed an ugly email his dad sent him after he attacked the star at a family dinner.

“AT LEAST KEEP THIS ONE LETTER,” Richard wrote in caps. “IT’LL BE THE LAST ONE UNLESS YOU STOP BEING A COWARD. OR START BEING BETTER THAN YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER.”

Ben also blasted his dad last year after Richard raged about MeToo, LGBTQ rights, and Barbra Streisand while sporting a dress at an anniversary screening of Jaws.

In a post on X, Ben hammered his dad for his “disgusting, outrageous behavior,” adding: “Now, you know why I refused to give him the password to his own Twitter account for a decade.”