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Asia Argento and other actresses say Harvey Weinstein forcibly raped them
Posted on 10/10/17 at 11:17 am
Posted on 10/10/17 at 11:17 am
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For more than twenty years, Weinstein has also been trailed by rumors of sexual harassment and assault. This has been an open secret to many in Hollywood and beyond, but previous attempts by many publications, including The New Yorker, to investigate and publish the story over the years fell short of the demands of journalistic evidence. Too few people were willing to speak, much less allow a reporter to use their names, and Weinstein and his associates used nondisclosure agreements, monetary payoffs, and legal threats to suppress these myriad stories. Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director, told me that she did not speak out until now––Weinstein, she told me, forcibly performed oral sex on her—because she feared that Weinstein would “crush” her. “I know he has crushed a lot of people before,” Argento said. “That’s why this story—in my case, it’s twenty years old, some of them are older—has never come out.”
Last week, the New York Times, in a powerful report by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, revealed multiple allegations of sexual harassment against Weinstein, a story that led to the resignation of four members of his company’s all-male board, and to Weinstein’s firing from the company.
The story, however, is more complex, and there is more to know and to understand. In the course of a ten-month investigation, I was told by thirteen women that, between the nineteen-nineties and 2015, Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them, allegations that corroborate and overlap with the Times’s revelations, and also include far more serious claims.
Three women––among them Argento and a former aspiring actress named Lucia Evans—told me that Weinstein raped them, allegations that include Weinstein forcibly performing or receiving oral sex and forcing vaginal sex. Four women said that they experienced unwanted touching that could be classified as an assault. In an audio recording captured during a New York Police Department sting operation in 2015 and made public here for the first time, Weinstein admits to groping a Filipina-Italian model named Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, describing it as behavior he is “used to.” Four of the women I interviewed cited encounters in which Weinstein exposed himself or masturbated in front of them.
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This post was edited on 10/10/17 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 10/10/17 at 11:28 am to Bench McElroy
If I remember correctly, Asia Argento has alleged this for years.
Isn't she with Anthony Bourdain now? I think I saw that somewhere.
Isn't she with Anthony Bourdain now? I think I saw that somewhere.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:34 pm to Bench McElroy
let me help you out here
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:42 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:44 pm to Bench McElroy
Weinstein can rot in hell. He's obviously a prominent example of the manipulative scum that infects too much of Hollywood. I shudder to think of the lives he's destroyed, particularly women whose names we'll never hear mentioned in the press because they aren't famous.
The cynical side of me, though, finds it hard to believe that all of these women are suddenly "empowered." Unfortunately, every agent representing a woman who's benefitted from a major role in one of his films is scrambling to control the narrative so their clients can be "brave" too.
The cynical side of me, though, finds it hard to believe that all of these women are suddenly "empowered." Unfortunately, every agent representing a woman who's benefitted from a major role in one of his films is scrambling to control the narrative so their clients can be "brave" too.
This post was edited on 10/10/17 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:47 pm to Hoodoo Man
Allegations for years and finally it bites him. Harvey must have pissed off the wrong jew.
This post was edited on 10/10/17 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:48 pm to Fun Bunch
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Isn't she with Anthony Bourdain now
I bet Bourdain knows some primitive, third-world baws who'd take care of Weinstein for fun.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:12 pm to SCLibertarian
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I bet Bourdain knows some primitive, third-world baws who'd take care of Weinstein for fun.
Not third-world but...
Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:32 pm to BloodSweat&Beers
I'm picturing Zamir and his comrades twisting Weinstein like he was in the Uzbeki bath house.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 2:38 pm to Bench McElroy
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New reports have been published Tuesday against Weinstein containing on-the-record allegations from stars such as Angelina Jolie, Gwenyth Paltrow, Rosanna Arquette, Mira Sorvino, and several others.
That raping fricker had better pray that Paul Sorvino's mob connections are all fictional. Fathers pushing 80 don't give a frick about life and will push that button without a care.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 2:45 pm to Bench McElroy
Lorne Michaels looking more and more like a full blown moron.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 2:59 pm to MikeyFL
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The cynical side of me, though, finds it hard to believe that all of these women are suddenly "empowered." Unfortunately, every agent representing a woman who's benefitted from a major role in one of his films is scrambling to control the narrative so their clients can be "brave" too.
The attitude from your cynical side is why women keep silent in the first place.
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