Gwyneth, Angelina: More and more Weinstein victims are talking

2023 Author: Gabrielle Mercer | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 12:25

"I said, 'I'm not a whore!' - He just laughed at me … ". More and more actresses report sexual attacks to Harvey Weinsteins.

"It breaks my heart when I think of all the women who have suffered because of him." With these words Georgina Chapman, designer of the red carpet label "Marchesa" and still wife of film mogul Harvey Weinstein, announced the Separation known.

For years, her husband is said to have systematically sexually molested and even raped young models, actresses, journalists and employees of his film companies "Weinstein Productions" and "Miramax".

It is an avalanche that the "New York Times" set off with its research into the gruesome attacks of Harvey Weinstein. After actress Ashley Judd and three other women finally spoke about the sexual harassment in interviews and addressed Weinstein as the perpetrator, more and more women now dare to speak about the assault, which has been an "open secret" in Hollywood for years.

Gwyneth Paltrow: "He wanted a massage from me …"

Among them are stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Oscar for the film "Shakespeare in Love" produced by Weinstein. She was 22 years old when Weinstein hired her for the lead role in another film, "Emma". Before shooting began, says Paltrow, Weinstein ordered them to be in his hotel suite. There he touched her and asked for a massage from her. She was paralyzed, Paltrow told the New York Times, but rejected the advances and later confided in her boyfriend at the time, Brad Pitt. He confronted Weinstein with the allegations. Weinstein then yelled at Paltrow and warned her never to tell anyone about the incident again.

Jolie reports something similar. The 42-year-old, who achieved great fame for portraying the video game heroine Lara Croft, is said to have turned down an attempt by Weinstein in a hotel in the late 1990s. "I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein when I was growing up, so I decided I would never work with him again. I also warned other actresses about trying to do this," Jolie said in an email.

Harassing women, intimidating them: Harvey Weinstein did this for years. To make the women feel safe in the first place, he sometimes took employees from his company with him to the meetings. They then left the room discreetly so that Weinstein could impose himself on the actresses and models. If it was first about massages and masturbation in front of the victims, more and more women report that they have been raped by Weinstein.

Asia Argento: "I said, 'I'm not a whore!' - He just laughed at me … "

The Italian actress Asia Argento (42) reported to the "New Yorker" that Weinstein had forced her to have oral sex 20 years ago in a hotel room in the south of France. Actress Lucia Evans also said that Weinstein forced her to have oral sex in the Miramax film studio's New York office in 2004.

Argento, who, according to the "New Yorker", repeatedly burst into tears during the interview, makes the Weinstein system clear: he first exposed himself, then pushed her onto a table, forced her legs apart and forced himself on her. "At some point I gave up. I put up with it, I thought that if I did it, it would be over sooner," said Argento. Then she said to Weinstein with smeared make-up and slipped clothes: "I'm not a whore!"

He laughed at her and advised her to have the slogan printed on a T-shirt. "He made me feel guilty. I thought I should have struggled harder, pushed him away harder. I struggled with what had happened for years. Even when I saw him from a distance, I ran into it Shivers down my spine and I got scared."

Weinstein is said to have threatened women who defend themselves with the end of their career. An employee who wanted to remain anonymous and whom he is also said to have forced into oral sex, told the "New Yorker": "He had everyone under control. I saw how he got negative media reports about stars like Amy Adams from the media within a few hours, how he could prevent actresses from being invited to auditions with a snap."

Rosanna Arquette: "He pulled my hand on his penis.."

In “New Yorker” Rosanna Arquette (58) describes how Weinstein urged her to touch his erect penis: “He grabbed my hand. He put it on his neck first, then pushed it into his crotch. My heart was racing.”She was able to wriggle out of his grip. But, she is convinced: "My resistance ensured that my career fell into the sand. There were of course a few factors, but it was clearly noticeable that after the incident I no longer invited to important auditions or no longer sent good scripts got…"

The pressure on Harvey Weinstein increases with each story. He was fired from his film studio "The Weinstein Company" - several prominent actresses, directors and TV presenters voiced criticism. Meryl Streep, who called Weinstein a "god" at the Golden Globes 2012, has now distanced herself from the Oscar-winning producer, as did ex-President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose election campaigns were financially supported by Weinstein.