‘I slept with Jennifer Lawrence and look where she is?’ Weinstein berated woman who rebuffed advances, claims new lawsuit
- Woman claims former film producer burst in on her twice while she was in the bathroom, groped her and exposed himself
A new lawsuit claims Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted an aspiring actress during the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and later bragged about sleeping with actress Jennifer Lawrence.
“Do you even want to be an actress?” Weinstein asked the woman – identified in court papers as Jane Doe – as he complained about how “difficult” and “stupid” she was being, her lawsuit alleges.
“I slept with Jennifer Lawrence and look where she is. She has just won an Oscar,” Weinstein allegedly said.
Lawrence has said she was not “victimised personally” by Weinstein but wanted to “kill him” when she heard the claim from dozens of other women.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday in Los Angeles, accuses the producer and his former studio, The Weinstein Company, of assault, sexual battery, retaliation, discrimination and gender violence.
