A Vancouver-based actor, filmmaker and director who stepped down last month from the arts school he co-founded, amid allegations of sexual harassment that he says are 10 years old, is denying any wrongdoing and said he’s consulting with a defamation lawyer.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the allegations surfaced, Michael Coleman told reporters he has never had inappropriate relations with students or fellow staff members and called the allegations against him defamatory.

“All the allegations are from 10 years ago and