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Italian Actress Asia Argento Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Rape: He Forced Oral Sex on Me
https://people.com/movies/italian-actress-asia-argento-accuses-harvey-weinstein-of-sexually-assaulting-her/
A new expose about Harvey Weinstein reveals — among 13 different women’s accounts of alleged sexual harassment and assault or rape the now-disgraced Hollywood producer’s hands — that the mogul allegedly forcibly performed oral sex on Italian actress Asia Argento two decades ago.
In the New Yorker piece by Ronan Farrow, Argento — who now dates Anthony Bourdain — claims the sexual assault occurred when she worked with Weinstein in the late ’90s. At the time, Weinstein was still at Miramax, which was distributing her film, B. Monkey.
The actress and filmmaker claims in the article that in 1997, a producer that worked for Weinstein invited her to what she was told was a Miramax party at a hotel in France. When she arrived, however, there was no one allegedly there except for Weinstein — in a hotel room.
Argento claimed she was left alone with Weinstein, who at first praised her work before leaving the room and returning in a bathrobe. “He asks me to give a massage. I was, like, ‘Look man, I am no f—–g fool,’ ” Argento said. “But, looking back, I am a f—–g fool. And I am still trying to come to grips with what happened.”
Reluctantly, Argento said that she agreed to give the producer a massage. After, she said he allegedly pulled her skirt up, and forced her legs apart before performing oral sex on her while she asked him, repeatedly, to stop. Argento said she was “terrified” of Weinstein, adding, “It wouldn’t stop. It was a nightmare.”
“I was not willing,” she said. “I said, ‘No, no, no.’ . . . It’s twisted. A big fat man wanting to eat you. It’s a scary fairy tale.” After, Argento said she told Weinstein, “I am not a whore” — at which, she claimed, he laughed.
Her silence was out of fear and self-loathing, said Argento. “The thing with being a victim is I felt responsible. Because if I were a strong woman, I would have kicked him in the balls and run away. But I didn’t. And so I felt responsible.”
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