Another actress has come forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, stating that he tried to get her to engage in a threesome with himself and another woman.
According to a statement released by her attorney, Gloria Allred, Natassia Malthe “alleges that Mr. Weinstein came to her hotel room and sexually forced himself on her even though she made it clear to him that she was not interesting in having any sexual relationship with him.”
The statement added, “She also alleges that he lured her to the Peninsula Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss a film that she was auditioning for and that he tried to get her to do a ‘threesome’ with him and another woman while there.”
In her own statement, Malthe said she was at the BAFTA Awards in 2008 where she met Weinstein.According to Malthe she went back to her hotel and went to sleep, but was woken up by “repeated pounding on my door in the middle of the night.” Malthe said she opened the door and Weinstein barged into her room: “Then I remember he took his pants off and sat on my bed… He began speaking about various A-list actress who he claimed had slept him… He said that he could give me a movie part in an upcoming film, with the implication being that I had to sleep with him in order to get it.”
“I was sitting on the bed talking to Harvey when he pushed me back and forced himself onto me,” she wrote. “It was not consensual. He did not use a condom. However, he did not ejaculate inside of me. After having sexual intercourse he masturbated and ejaculated. I was completely grossed out. I believe that I disassociated during the time that he was having sex with me. I laid still and closed my eyes and just wanted it to end. I was like a dead person. Afterwards I lay there in complete disgust.”
Malthe added that after she returned to Los Angeles, Weinstein contacted her for a part in “Nine.” Malthe says Weinstein asked her to meet him at the Peninsula to talk about the film.
“When I arrived at Harvey’s suite his assistant opened the door and walked me in,” she said. “There was another girl in the suite that I did not know. Harvey came into the room in a robe and the girl took off her clothes and began giving Harvey a blow job. Harvey made it clear that he wanted me to engage in a threesome with him and this other girl. I refused. He and the girl were both laughing at me.”
Malthe said that when she confronted Weinstein, he called her an “ungrateful c—.”
“Things need to change,” Malthe said. “Actresses should not have to demean themselves to be successful. This situation with Harvey was not isolated. I had experienced sexual harassment from other powerful men in Hollywood, but my experiences with Harvey were the worst. Hollywood men should not be allowed to force women to gratify them sexually in order to get ahead.”
Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Company and is under criminal investigation in New York and London after several women came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct, including harassment and rape. A representative for Weinstein has stated, “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances.”