UK police look into Weinstein allegations from nine women
BRITISH POLICE investigating Harvey Weinstein have received two further allegations of sexual assault, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
A woman alleged the disgraced movie mogul assaulted her in Westminster in 2011, while a separate alleged incident took place outside the UK.
Reported to police in November but only now made public, it brings the total number of women who have reported Weinstein to British police to nine.
It comes after star Uma Thurman alleged the former Miramax founder assaulted her in a London hotel room around the release of in 1994.
Following allegations made in the on Saturday, a statement from Weinstein’s spokeswoman said he was “saddened and puzzled” as to why Thurman waited 25 the years to make the allegations public and is now considering legal action.
Officers have now received 14 separate allegations of sexual assault on dates ranging from the 1980s to 2015. Three are said to have taken place outside of the UK.
A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said: “On 13 November an allegation was received that the man sexually assaulted a woman (Victim 9) in Westminster in 2011 and outside the jurisdiction of the UK in 2010.
“The second allegation will be passed to the relevant police force in due course.”
Scotland Yard did not name Weinstein but confirmed officers from Met’s Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command are investigating allegations of sexual assault from nine victims under Operation Kaguyak.
Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cara Delevingne are among the high-profile women who have made claims about his behaviour towards them.
Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.
Meanwhile, actor John Simm has said he wishes women ran the world.
Asked about the current scandals over sexual harassment and unequal pay, he said he hopes the “tide is turning”. In an interview with
magazine published today, he said: “Equal pay for women. Absolutely. It is absolutely insane.
“But the tide is turning. If something good is to come out of this whole Weinstein thing, then at least there is this huge sea change that feels like it is happening right now... I wish women ran the whole world, don’t you?”