Australian model latest to accuse Weinstein France to strip Weinstein of Legion d’Honneur: Macron
Sydney: An Australian model said she was “played” by Harvey Weinstein and his colleagues who engineered a hotel room meeting where he stripped naked and demanded a massage, in the latest accusation against the Hollywood mogul.
Zoe Brock said she met Weinstein at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival when she was 23 and was seated next to him at a dinner, not realising who he was. Brock told Australia’s Channel Nine she went back to his hotel room with a group of his colleagues and they were eventually left alone.
“He left the room and came back naked,” she alleged late Sunday. “He wanted a massage, and I didn’t want to give him one. I remember being quite frozen. He touched my back and shoulders, and I quickly knew that I couldn’t ... and I got up and I ran.”
On reflection, she believes she was manipulated and targeted, not only by Weinstein but his accomplices also. Paris: France will strip disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of the prestigious Legion d’Honneur, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
“I have taken steps to revoke the Legion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour)” from Weinstein — accused by several women of sexual harassment, groping and rape — Macron said in a televised interview.
Weinstein was made a knight of Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest award, in 2012 in recognition of the efforts by Miramax, the company he founded with his brother Bob, to boost foreign films in the US.
On Thursday, Florence Darel, 49, became the fourth French actress to claim she had been harassed by Weinstein.
Bond star Lea Seydoux had earlier written her own account of her runins with Weinstein. the