Things just got even worst for Harvey Weinstein. The producer and former film studio executive has been accused of multiple sexual assaults for nearly 30 years but now things have really blown up in his face.
The New Yorker sat down with thirteen women who claim that were sexually assaulted or harassed by Weinstein between nineteen-nineties and 2015. Three of those women also accused Weinstein of raping them.
Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director, informed The New Yorker that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her. She kept what happened to herself out of fear of Weinstein "crushing her." “I know he has crushed a lot of people before,” Argento told The New Yorker. “That’s why this story—in my case, it’s twenty years old; some of them are older—has never come out.”
Lucia Evans, was an aspiring actress when she met Weinstein and when she was asked to come in for a casting (she was informed it would be a woman exec. there), he forced her to perform oral sex on him. “He forced me to perform oral sex on him. I said, over and over, ‘I don’t want to do this, stop, don’t,’ ” she said. “I tried to get away, but maybe I didn’t try hard enough. I didn’t want to kick him or fight him.”
In the end, she said, “He’s a big guy. He overpowered me.” At a certain point, she said, “I just sort of gave up. That’s the most horrible part of it, and that’s why he’s been able to do this for so long to so many women: people give up, and then they feel like it’s their fault,” Evans explained to The New Yorker.
The third woman's details were not included in The New Yorker.
A rep for Weinstein denied the rape allegations, "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances."
Since the recent allegations have gone public, Weinstein has been fired from his entertainment company. But we're guessing that isn't the last thing that will happen to him.
Source: newyorker.com
