New York Post

Actress’ ‘Harvey’ ordeal

Graphic tale in LA

- By MARJORIE HERNANDEZ

A “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” actress says Harvey Weinstein masturbate­d on her face while his assistant waited outside a hotel room.

The woman, referred to in court as “Ashley M.,” trembled and sobbed as she testified how the disgraced movie mogul picked her out of the cast of dancers filming in Puerto Rico in

2003 and demanded that she give him a “naked massage.”

Ashley M., who was a trained ballerina, said she was 22 years old when she worked on the “Dirty Dancing” sequel, which was produced by Weinstein’s former company Miramax.

She said Weinstein (inset) approached her as she was about to film a ballroom scene with other dancers and took her outside for a private conversati­on.

“He said it would just be a naked massage . . . and not to worry about it,” Ashley M. said in tears. “He said, ‘Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and what it did for her career.’ ”

She testified on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that when she told a producer and a choreograp­her what had happened, they did nothing.

When she returned from dinner, a stern Weinstein was waiting for her.

She said he became “very aggressive” and told her to get into the limo.

At the hotel, Weinstein immediatel­y became aggressive and shoved her onto the bed, she recounted.

He took off her top and bra and he also got undressed, Ashley M. testified.

Ashley M., who at the time was about 115 pounds, said Weinstein’s girth overpowere­d her as he straddled her at one point and groped her breasts.

“He said, ‘It’s OK, it’s not like we’re having sex,’” Ashley M. said. “He ejaculated on me . . . on my breasts and some got on my face.”

Although Weinstein is not facing charges regarding Ashley M., the law allows the prosecutio­n to question witnesses to “prior bad acts” in sexual assault cases to show a defendant’s pattern of behavior.

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