Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on October 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Photo by Etienne Laurent-Pool/Getty Images
Evans told The New Yorker that she gave Weinstein her number in 2004 when she was an aspiring actress and college student. She told the magazine that Weinstein started calling her late at night asking to meet, all offers she declined.
She eventually met Weinstein at the Miramax office in New York City during the day, knowing there would be a woman present. After both demeaning her and complimenting her (he told her she should lose weight) Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him, according to Evans.
"I said, over and over, 'I don't want to do this, stop, don't,'" Stoller told The New Yorker. "I tried to get away, but maybe I didn't try hard enough. I didn't want to kick him or fight him. He's a big guy. He overpowered me. I just sort of gave up. That's the most horrible part of it, and that's why he's been able to do this for so long to so many women: People give up, and then they feel like it's their fault."
In 1984, Tomi-Ann Roberts, now a psychology professor at Colorado College, was a 20-year-old college student interested in pursuing an acting career. Roberts told The New York Times that Weinstein was a regular customer at the restaurant where she worked as a waitress.
Roberts said that Weinstein wanted her to audition for a movie he was directing with his brother, Bob. Weinstein had her meet him where he was staying, according to Roberts. When she got there, Roberts said he was nude in a bathtub.
Weinstein reportedly told her that if she was comfortable getting naked in front of him, she would have a better chance at landing the role. Roberts told the Times that Weinstein said that if she couldn't get naked in private, she would never have a career in film.
Roberts recalled apologizing to Weinstein on her way out for being too uptight to take off her clothes in front of him. Later, Roberts remembers feeling manipulated since Weinstein had clearly been pretending to be interested in her professionally, she said.
"I was nobody! How had I ever thought otherwise?" she said to the Times.
Copyright @ 2024. Times Internet Limited. All rights reserved.For reprint rights. Times Syndication Service.