Marciano Brunette is speaking out after The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Demi Engemann accused him of engaging in “unwanted touch” during a cast trip to Italy.

“I want to be absolutely clear: I am taking this matter extremely seriously,” Marciano said in a statement to People on Thursday, November 20. “This is the most difficult situation I have ever faced, and the allegations against me are not only entirely false but profoundly damaging. I remain committed to addressing this issue fully and transparently.”

In response, a rep for Demi, 30, told E! News on Thursday, “As a woman, it distresses me that what happened to Demi is being minimized.”

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 3 — which premiered on November 13 — explores, in part, Marciano’s claims that he was involved with both

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