Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted a female producer multiple times over a five-year period _ all the while threatening her job, new court papers allege.
"Marco Polo" producer Alexandra Canosa, who hit Weinstein with a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit in December, filed paperwork Monday detailing his alleged sexual impropriety. Weinstein was an executive producer of the Netflix series.
Canosa charges that Weinstein sexually assaulted her on Aug. 12, 2010, in the Tribeca Grand hotel, and that his "misconduct" continued until September 2017 _ about one month before bombshell reports detailed numerous allegations against him.
During this period, "Harvey Weinstein constantly threatened Plaintiff and made it clear that if she did not succumb to his demands for sexual contact or if she exposed his unwanted conduct there would be retaliation, including humiliation, the loss of her job and loss of any ability to work in the entertainment business," she alleges in court papers.
Canosa's allegations against Weinstein further include forced oral sex and rape, as well as verbal abuse and threats.
In addition to New York, Canosa claims Weinstein assaulted her in Los Angeles, Malaysia and Budapest.
"On many occasions, Harvey Weinstein insisted on meeting with Plaintiff in isolated environments for business purposes, made sure that no other persons or bystanders were around when having business meetings with plaintiff, demanded sexual contact, and threatened plaintiff if she would not give him what he wanted, and forcing himself on plaintiff despite repeated requests to stop," court papers state.
Weinstein "verbally threatened" Canosa to keep quiet about the alleged assaults on Aug. 29, 2017, her court papers also contend.
Weinstein's reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Weinstein has denied his accusers' claims that he engaged in any non-consensual sexual activity.
