After months of media scrutiny that threatened to derail his Oscar odds, Casey Affleck vaguely addressed his sexual harassment allegations on Tuesday.

I believe that any kind of mistreatment of anyone for any reason is unacceptable and abhorrent, and everyone deserves to be treated with respect in the workplace and anywhere else, Affleck told the Boston Globe , which noted that he answered wearily. Theres really nothing I can do about it. Other than live my life the way I know I live it and to speak to what my own values are and how I try to live by them all the time.

Affleck, whose settlement legally prohibits him or his alleged victims from discussing the details of the case, has remained mostly mum about the situation throughout awards season. Afflecks troubling allegations first resurfaced in a Mashable article published in September, after which it defined his Oscar narrative so heavily that some expected he would lose his front-runner status.