Variety - Shock, disgust, and shame — that’s how one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers described her experience of allegedly being trapped by the movie mogul as he engaged in a sexual act.
TV reporter Lauren Sivan discussed the details of the incident Monday morning in an appearance on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today.” ,,,, Sivan has joined a growing list of accusers who have come forward since last Thursday when the New York Times published an extensive report detailing decades of allegations that the veteran movie mogul sexually harassed women, from actresses to secretaries and script readers. Weinstein was fired Sunday night from the company he co-founded with his brother, Bob Weinstein, in 2005 as a result of the mushrooming scandal.
Sivan described the decade-old incident in which she met Weinstein at a party at a New York restaurant in which he was an investor. At the time she was an anchor for News 12 Long Island; at present she is an anchor for Fox O&O KTTV Los Angeles.
Sivan said Weinstein lured her to the restaurant’s kitchen and tried to kiss her. When she rebuffed that advance, he allegedly blocked her passage in a narrow corridor while he masturbated, according to Sivan.
“I just stood there dumbfounded,” Sivan said. “I could not believe what I was witnessing.” She recalled thinking that he was “disgusting and kind of pathetic.” The lengthy apology that Weinstein issued in a statement after the Times report hit was “the last straw” that made Sivan come forward with her story because she felt he showed “no remorse.”
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Funny how the same Hollywood liberal and media elite (NY Times specifically) that pilloried Trump for much less substantiated abuse of women have been protecting Weinstein - ain't it?
Money and influence sure talk louder than convictions with many of these folks....
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