Former producer Harvey Weinstein received a new lawsuit this Friday from a woman who claimed he raped her at film festivals in France and Canada, Page Six reported.
The alleged victim, who filed a federal lawsuit in Manhattan under the pseudonym Jane Doe, claimed that Weinstein first approached her at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival when she was a 22-year-old aspiring actress.
The former businessman told the accuser that he wanted to talk about his career, so he invited her to arrange a meeting in his suite at the Majestic Hotel where his assistant would be present, according to what was said in the complaint.
Weinstein, his assistant and the woman spoke briefly about the accuser’s work, though the assistant then left the room and Weinstein went on to sexually assault the woman.
“Weinstein grabbed the plaintiff and tried to force her to give him a massage. When the plaintiff refused to give her a massage, Weinstein continued to grope the plaintiff and tried to remove her clothes, ”the legal documents read.
She said she ran out of the room before he sexually abused her, though she met the now-inmate on two subsequent occasions during the film festival. According to the lawsuit, in their third meeting, the former Hollywood mogul raped her after spending a night out with various people from the film industry.