Just six days after The New York Times detailed nearly 30 years of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein, The New Yorker published its own exposé that includes accusations of sexual assault. Us Weekly rounds up the seven biggest revelations from journalist Ronan Farrow‘s 10-month investigation below.
Kate Winslet, George Clooney and More Speak Out Against Harvey Weinstein 1. Asia Argento Asia Argento claimed the executive, 65, forcibly performed oral sex on her at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France in 1997. “I was not willing. I said, ‘No, no, no,'” the Italian actress, 42, alleged to the magazine. As for why she waited to speak out, she explained, “I knew he has crushed a lot of people before. That’s why this story — in my case, it’s 20 years old, some of them are older — has never come out.” Argento released Scarlet Diva, a movie that she wrote and directed, in 2000. In the film, a heavyset producer corners her character, asks for a massage and tries to assault her before she manages to escape. After the movie was released, women told Argento that they recognized Weinstein’s similar behavior from the scene in the movie. Celebrity Sex Confessions 2. Mira Sorvino Mira Sorvino claimed Weinstein sexual harassed her and once masturbated in front of her. (She is one of four women who alleged to The New Yorker that Weinstein exposed himself or masturbated before them.) Their first encounter occurred in September 1995, when he allegedly massaged her shoulders and “then tried to get more physical” in a hotel in Toronto. She told him it was against her religion to date married men (he was wed to Eve Chilton at the time) and left the room. A few weeks later, Weinstein allegedly showed up to the actress’ apartment in New York City. She called a male friend to come over and pretend to be her boyfriend. “Harvey had managed to bypass my doorman,” Sorvino, 50, alleged to The New Yorker, adding that the dejected producer left after seeing her male friend. Stars at Court 3. Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Arquette claimed Weinstein grabbed her hand “and pulled it toward his penis, which was visible and erect” during an alleged encounter at the Beverly Hills Hotel in the early ’90s. After she rejected him, he allegedly told her that she was making a big mistake and named another actress who he claimed had given in to his sexual advances in exchange for advancing her career. “I’ll never be that girl,” Arquette, 58, replied. She told The New Yorker that her career suffered in the years after she rejected the studio head. 4. Weinstein’s Admission The New Yorker‘s report included an audio recording obtained from a New York Police Department sting operation in 2015. In the tape, Weinstein admits to groping Filipina-Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez. He is heard describing the behavior as something he is “used to” and inviting Gutierrez, 24, into his hotel room as he takes a shower.
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