An aspiring actress says she was a 16-year-old virgin when disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in New York, according to an amended Manhattan federal racketeering lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The woman, a former model from Poland identified only as Jane Doe in the court papers, said that after agreeing to meet for a business lunch in 2002, Weinstein instead took her to his Soho apartment.
โโฆWeinstein wasted no time in aggressively and threateningly demanding sex,โ the suit alleges. He told the distraught starlet that if she wanted to be an actress she had to give in to his perverted desires.
โWeinstein threatened and pressured Jane Doe, saying that he had โmadeโ the careers of Penelope Cruz and Gwyneth Paltrow, and that neither would be working without him,โ the suit alleges.
โHe then took off his pants and forcibly held Jane Doe while taking her hand and making her touch and massage his penis,โ the filing states.
Weinstein allegedly became enraged when the terrified teen objected and refused to let her leave โ but eventually relented, the suit says. Read more