The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Previous allegations which led to his weekend sacking from The Weinstein Company had so far been limited to complaints about harassment.
The New Yorker investigation was published as fresh misconduct allegations emerged from Hollywood A-listers such as Jolie, Arquette and Paltrow.
Italian actress Asia Argento said Weinstein forced oral sex and intercourse on her 20 years ago.
She told the publication she had maintained her silence until now for fear that Weinstein would “crush” her, adding: “I know he has crushed a lot of people before.”
Another instance involved model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, whom the New Yorker said Weinstein met in March 2015.
According to the New Yorker, Gutierrez says Weinstein “lunged at her, groping her breasts and attempting to put a hand up her skirt” at a meeting in his offices in Tribeca.
She reported the incident and the New York Police Department asked her to wear a wire.
– Bunga bunga –
Audio of their conversation in a hallway at the Tribeca Grand Hotel was released by the magazine, with Weinstein heard repeatedly pressuring her to come into his room.
Authorities decided not to press charges after it emerged the young woman had attended one of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s infamous “bunga bunga” sex parties.
As Republicans continued their criticism, many Trump critics pushed back, noting that the president himself has been accused of abusive behavior and that a tape has been released of him boasting of sexual assaults.
Trump insists his bragging was merely “locker room talk.”
“It is somewhat ironic,” Democratic former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm told CNN, “that the Republicans are ginning up all of this stuff about Harvey Weinstein when the president himself has been accused of sexual harassment or sexual abuse 15 times.”
