British actress accuses Weinstein of rape

A BRITISH actress says Harvey Weinstein raped her as the organisation behind the Oscars expelled the film producer over allegations of sex abuse.

Lysette Anthony said she had told London’s Metropolitan Police she was attacked by Weinstein in her London home in the late 1980s.

Scotland Yard had previously said it had received an allegation of sexual assault without naming the producer.

The actress’s revelation follows several allegations of rape made by actresses in the US against Weisntein, all of which he has strenuously denied.

Yesterday the film industry’s powerful Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it was expelling the producer from their ranks.

Anthony, 54, told The Sunday Times she met the producer when she starred in 1982 sci-fi film Krull and the alleged assault occurred a few years later. She said it was a “pathetic, revolting” attack that had left her “disgusted and embarrassed”.

The Metropolitan Police said it was passed an allegation of sexual assault by Merseyside Police the same day.

“The allegation will be assessed by officers from Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command,” the force said.

Dozens of actresses, includ- ing Hollywood A-listers Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, have made accusations against the 65-year-old mogul over the past 10 days, prompting the Academy to call an emergency meeting.

In a statement they said the board had “voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority” to expel Weinstein.

Through his spokeswoman, Weinstein has “unequivocally denied” any allegations of nonconsensual sex after three actresses said he had raped them in an article in The New Yorker.

Police in the US are also investigating allegations.

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