Hotel staff told: Don’t go into his room alone
told of an encounter with the director when she was 17, claiming he came to a meeting in a bathrobe and offered her alcohol. Her revelation followed accusations from stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Mira Sorvino and Cara Delevingne. Sophie Dix, who once starred alongside Colin Firth, claimed Weinstein pinned her down in a hotel room when she was 22. She told The Guardian: “He started trying to pull my clothes off and FEMALE hotel staff were told not to go to Harvey Weinstein’s suite alone while he stayed in London.
Only men were sent when he ordered “in-room dining”, said insiders at the five-star Charlotte Street Hotel, in the west end.
Chambermaids went in pairs to clean his room.
A source said: “He was always rude and obnoxious to staff, as well his own staff in the public areas of the hotel.”
Owners Firmdale Hotels did not comment on the claims, or rumours of an incident with a maid.
Weinstein liked the hotel as it had a screening room.
He held a party for the film Philomena there in 2014, where he was pictured with actor Steve Coogan. The Affair pin me down and I just kept saying ‘No, no, no.’”
Dix said the encounter at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1990 was “the single most damaging thing that’s happened in my life”.
Yesterday, former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton drew comparisons between Weinstein and Donald Trump. The politician, who has received campaign funding from Weinstein, called the rape and sexual assault allegations “heartbreaking”. She told the BBC’s Andrew Marr: “This cannot be tolerated anywhere, whether in entertainment or politics. actress Ruth Wilson also went to the bash.
Film director Oliver Stone was dragged into a sexual assault row yesterday. Former Playboy model Carrie Stevens, 48, accused him of groping her at a party when she was Playmate of the Month in June 1997.
Stevens wrote on Facebook that Weinstein and Stone were “two of a kind”. She said: “I was only 22. Oliver walked past me and grabbed my boob as he waltzed out the front door of a party. I still remember the cocky grin on his face.”
Stone said of the Weinstein furore yesterday: “A man shouldn’t be condemned by a vigilante system.” He added later that he had not been aware of the full allegations. After all, we have someone admitting to being a sexual assaulter in the Oval Office.”
Her remarks regarding Trump were in response to a tape in which he made crude comments about touching a married woman.
Weinstein’s spokeswoman Sallie Hofmeister said: “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied.”
A Tory MP who called the allegations “dubious” and said they “beggared belief” has retracted his statement and blamed his staff.
David Amess reportedly said: “Just as with Jimmy Savile, why did no one say anything until now?”
He later issued a statement saying he was “horrified” a press release had been issued which he had not seen or authorised.
It was the single most damaging thing that’s happened in my life SOPHIE DIX