National Post

Police in N.Y.C., London looking into Weinstein

- Colleen Long

• Police detectives in New York City and London are taking a fresh look into sexual assault allegation­s against Harvey Weinstein now that some 30 women have accused the Hollywood film producer of inappropri­ate conduct.

New York Police Department spokesman Peter Donald said Thursday investigat­ors are reviewing files to see if anyone else reported being assaulted or harassed by him.

London police were also looking into a claim it received from the Merseyside force in northwest England. Merseyside police said the allegation was made a day earlier and concerned “an alleged sexual assault in the London area in the 1980s.”

Also Thursday, another star went public with accusation­s against the 65- yearold media mogul. Kate Beckinsale said Weinstein tried to ply her with alcohol when she was just 17.

The actress wrote on Instagram: “When I arrived, reception told me to go to his room. He opened the door in his bathrobe. I was incredibly naive and young and it did not cross my mind that this older, unattracti­ve man would expect me to have any sexual interest in him.”

Some 30 women — incl uding Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd and Gwyneth Paltrow — have said Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them. Weinstein was fired Sunday by The Weinstein Co., a studio he co-founded with his brother.

Some allegation­s involve conduct at hotels in Beverly Hills, but police there didn’t return calls. The Los Angeles Police Department has no open investigat­ions.

Weinstein, t hrough a spokeswoma­n, has denied any nonconsens­ual sexual conduct with any women.

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