Paltrow’s ‘secret part’ in exposing Weinstein

against Weinstein in newspaper articles in October 2017.

Kantor said: ‘‘She [Paltrow] did play a much more active role than anybody’s ever known.

But it was hair-raising for her, because Harvey Weinstein had been such an important influence.’’

Paltrow won an Oscar for best actress in 1999 after working with Weinstein on Shakespeare in Love.

Twohey said: ‘‘Gwyneth Paltrow was one of Harvey’s biggest stars, and he had really presented himself as a godfather to her over the years.

‘‘So, I think many people will be surprised to discover that, when so many other actresses were reluctant to get on the phone, and scared to tell the truth of what they had experienced at his hands, Gwyneth was actually one of the first people to get on the phone.’’

She said Paltrow had, from an early stage, been ‘‘determined’’ to help the investigation, ‘‘even when he [Weinstein] turned up early to a party at her house, and she was forced to hide in the bathroom’’.

She added: ‘‘Harvey Weinstein was [extremely scared], what the implications would be if his biggest star actually ended up going on the record.’’

Early in their investigation, Paltrow agreed to talk to the journalists, and told them she had gone to a meeting with Weinstein in a hotel room when she was in her early 20s. She claimed he ended the meeting by putting his hands on her, and saying: ‘‘Let’s finish in the bedroom.’’

– Telegraph Group Fears are growing that a mafia war is under way in the southern Italian city of Naples after two grisly mob hits in as many days.

The body of Domenico Gargiulo, 30, a well-known member of Naples’ Camorra mafia, was found in the boot of a stolen Ford car abandoned in Scampia, the Naples neighbourhood famed for its vast drugs market.

Gargiulo was wrapped in a sheet with a towel around his head to soak up the blood coming from a bullet wound in the back of his neck.

The discovery on Monday occurred a day after Giuseppe Sorrentino, a second mobster, was shot dead as he drove on a busy elevated road near Scampia.

‘‘It looks like a moped drew up alongside him and the gunman riding on the back fired through Sorrentino’s side window, killing him with four bullets,’’ a police spokesman said. ‘‘Sorrentino’s car came to a halt at the side of