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Harvey Weinstein Sued By Actress Over Multiple Alleged Sexual Assaults
The lawsuit also claims Weinstein bragged about sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence, who responded by saying: "This is yet another example of the predatory tactics and lies that he engaged in to lure countless women."
An unnamed actress is suing Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, claiming the embattled producer repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted her over the course of more than two years.
She says Weinstein "manipulated, harassed, flashed, groped, fondled, sexually battered, forcibly performed oral sex, sexually assaulted" her and threatened her career, all while setting a series of meetings tied to promises of roles in TWC's films.
The actress was 22 when she first met Weinstein in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival, where she claims he walked in on her in the restroom during a meeting in his suite and began masturbating. Afterward, she claims, he told her it was "fun" and "things would be okay for her" as long as she was his friend.
After a meeting about Vampire Academy back in New York, she says he forced oral sex after telling her "we've been dating for weeks (which was not accurate) and I have been so good to you...now you need to be good to me." After she started sobbing, according to the complaint, the woman claims Weinstein said he was the "gatekeeper" to her dreams of being an actress and bragged about allegedly sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence.
A rep for Lawrence sent The Hollywood Reporter this statement from the actress: “My heart breaks for all the women who were victimized by Harvey Weinstein. I have never had anything but a professional relationship with him. This is yet another example of the predatory tactics and lies that he engaged in to lure countless women.”
According to the complaint, the woman claims she believed Weinstein was the gatekeeper he claimed to be, and met with him again because she was concerned he was disparaging her. She says she told him his behavior hurt her and he responded by saying "don't be such a prude. I didn't even fuck you." She continued taking meetings about potential projects, believing Weinstein could ruin her career, and says she thinks she would have only been cast in them if she had slept with him.
"Because she would not consent, Weinstein and TWC strung her along, through a carefully orchestrated series of misrepresentations, to prevent her from reporting him and instituting legal proceedings," writes attorney Genie Harrison in the complaint, which is posted below.
The woman is suing for discrimination and harassment, retaliation, assault, sexual battery, gender violence and negligent hiring and retention. Reps for Weinstein have not yet responded to a request for comment on the complaint.
www.scribd.com/document/395726656/Doe-v-Weinstein#from_embed
Harvey Weinstein Sued By Actress Over Multiple Alleged Sexual Assaults
The lawsuit also claims Weinstein bragged about sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence, who responded by saying: "This is yet another example of the predatory tactics and lies that he engaged in to lure countless women."
An unnamed actress is suing Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, claiming the embattled producer repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted her over the course of more than two years.
She says Weinstein "manipulated, harassed, flashed, groped, fondled, sexually battered, forcibly performed oral sex, sexually assaulted" her and threatened her career, all while setting a series of meetings tied to promises of roles in TWC's films.
The actress was 22 when she first met Weinstein in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival, where she claims he walked in on her in the restroom during a meeting in his suite and began masturbating. Afterward, she claims, he told her it was "fun" and "things would be okay for her" as long as she was his friend.
After a meeting about Vampire Academy back in New York, she says he forced oral sex after telling her "we've been dating for weeks (which was not accurate) and I have been so good to you...now you need to be good to me." After she started sobbing, according to the complaint, the woman claims Weinstein said he was the "gatekeeper" to her dreams of being an actress and bragged about allegedly sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence.
A rep for Lawrence sent The Hollywood Reporter this statement from the actress: “My heart breaks for all the women who were victimized by Harvey Weinstein. I have never had anything but a professional relationship with him. This is yet another example of the predatory tactics and lies that he engaged in to lure countless women.”
According to the complaint, the woman claims she believed Weinstein was the gatekeeper he claimed to be, and met with him again because she was concerned he was disparaging her. She says she told him his behavior hurt her and he responded by saying "don't be such a prude. I didn't even fuck you." She continued taking meetings about potential projects, believing Weinstein could ruin her career, and says she thinks she would have only been cast in them if she had slept with him.
"Because she would not consent, Weinstein and TWC strung her along, through a carefully orchestrated series of misrepresentations, to prevent her from reporting him and instituting legal proceedings," writes attorney Genie Harrison in the complaint, which is posted below.
The woman is suing for discrimination and harassment, retaliation, assault, sexual battery, gender violence and negligent hiring and retention. Reps for Weinstein have not yet responded to a request for comment on the complaint.
www.scribd.com/document/395726656/Doe-v-Weinstein#from_embed