New York Daily News

Don’t believe the ‘Gossip’ – actor

- Rachel DeSantis

“GOSSIP GIRL” star Ed Westwick is denying claims that he sexually assaulted and raped an actress at his home three years ago.

Kristina Cohen, 27, took to Facebook Monday to accuse the British actor, 30, of groping her at his home, despite her requests for him to stop, and then raping her.

Westwick rejected Cohen’s allegation­s Tuesday on Twitter.

“I do not know this woman,” he said. “I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape.”

Cohen, whose credits include the TV series “Ladies Like Us,” said she was dating a producer at the time who a friend of Westwick’s. She said Westwick suggested she take a nap in his guest bedroom — after she said she was tired — and she awoke to him assaulting her.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigat­ing Cohen’s claims, a police source told the Daily News.

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