Four more women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, including one who claims she was underage at the time
Another plaintiff alleges that in 2008, when she was 26, she met Weinstein at the New York City eatery Cipriani’s, where they set up a later meeting at his Soho apartment. At that meeting, “after she declined his initial advances, Weinstein threatened that he was not going to let Plaintiff leave the apartment unless she did what he wanted, and Weinstein raped her,” the suit alleges.
The final plaintiff, a 35-year-old Hungarian woman, says she met Weinstein at the Venice Film Festival in 2013. They arranged to have a business meeting at his hotel suite a few months later. During the meeting, the suit alleges, Weinstein “grabbed Plaintiff by the back of the head, pushing it down onto his penis, thereby forcing her to fellate him to completion.” Again, she was afraid to come forward for fear of career reprisal.New York Times investigations reporting on allegations against him.
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence for third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act. “Mr Weinstein intends to defend against the claims filed anonymously against him yesterday,” his
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