Lea Seydoux, tells the story of the night, where Harvey Weinstein has thrown at her Gala

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In a column published by The Guardian, the French actress Léa Seydoux has told how the american producer Harvey Weinstein had attempted to abuse her.

Another victim of the sexual predator. In a testimony damning once again Harvey Weinstein, Léa Seydoux is back on an evening where the producer has tried to kiss her by force. Like his fellow French Emma de Caunes, and Judith Godrèche, the actress has had a private conversation and unhealthy with the tycoon of Hollywood.

“I meet men like Harvey Weinstein all the time (…) I know all the ways in which the film industry treats women with contempt “ provides Léa Seydoux as early as the beginning of his op-ed published in The Guardian. ” When I met Harvey Weinstein for the first time, it didn’t take me much time to guess who he really was “ says the actress, describing a man as” charming, funny, intelligent, but very domineering ” about the one who has been ousted by his board of directors after the scandal.

“He wanted to meet me for a drink and insisted to make an appointment the same evening. This was not an appointment of a case. He had other intentions – I could see very clearly,” she continued. Léa Seydoux has met Harvey Weinstein, accompanied by his assistant, in the lobby of his hotel. ” Throughout the evening, he flirted and looked at me as if I was a piece of meat. He acted as if he saw me for a role. But I knew that it was hogwash. I knew, because I could see it in his eyes. He looked lecherous. He used his power for personal gain, he thought he could sleep with me,” testifies the young woman, as did Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, Gwyneth Paltrow or Angelina Jolie.

Therefore, Harvey Weisntein invites Léa Seydoux in his room and waits as her assistant leaves the scene to ” lose control “. ” We were talking on the couch when he suddenly jumped on me and tried to kiss me. I had to defend myself. He is tall, and big, so I had to resist vigorously. I am, completely disgusted, but I did, however, never been afraid of him because I knew from the beginning who I was dealing with “ confesses the actress.

The founder of the Weinstein Company crosses several times the road of Léa Seydoux. ” I’ve seen how it works, the way it seeks a loophole, the way he tests the women to see what he can do with them,” says the French actress who described other scenes of the same ilk at the restaurant, during the BAFTAS in London or prom Makes Life. If she takes directly to her attacker, the young mother of little George admits, especially as these attitudes-women are very common in the middle of the cinema. “This business is based on the appearance. You need to be desirable to be loved. But all the desires cannot be sated, even if the men in the movie business believe the contrary,” she concludes , hoping the ” change “ through the ” truth “ and ” justice “.

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