A new Harvey Weinstein accuser filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the disgraced mogul sexually assaulted her in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2012 when she was 19 and telling her “to pretend [he was] someone like Zac Efron.”
In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, a model and aspiring actress named Hayley Gripp said she was at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in 2012 for a casting but was “lured” to Weinstein’s room by one of his female associates. There, the associate “coerced her to drink an alcoholic beverage” despite being under age and was told the producer would provide her with better career opportunities.
Weinstein is currently serving 23 years in prison following his conviction in February 2020 for third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.
Gripp said that after drinking the wine, she “experienced a brief blackout,” and when she came to, Weinstein was digitally penetrating her. As Gripp tried to resist,...
In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, a model and aspiring actress named Hayley Gripp said she was at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in 2012 for a casting but was “lured” to Weinstein’s room by one of his female associates. There, the associate “coerced her to drink an alcoholic beverage” despite being under age and was told the producer would provide her with better career opportunities.
Weinstein is currently serving 23 years in prison following his conviction in February 2020 for third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.
Gripp said that after drinking the wine, she “experienced a brief blackout,” and when she came to, Weinstein was digitally penetrating her. As Gripp tried to resist,...
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