British actress Julia Ormond is suing disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 1995.

Ormond, who starred in movies alongside Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford within the Nineties, mentioned she was a star on the rise when she met Weinstein in 1994.

The pair stored in contact to debate scripts and tasks, she mentioned within the lawsuit, and entered right into a manufacturing settlement with Miramax, the place Weinstein was co-chairman.

Weinstein, 71, has been in jail for rape and sexual assault since 2020, but was convicted of another rape last year. He has appealed each convictions.

Ormond has accused him of sexual battery, referring to an incident in December 1995 following a gathering – after which hindering her profession after she confronted him weeks later.

The Legends Of The Fall actress claims she had informed her brokers within the US on the time, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), however bought no help. She is suing CAA, Walt Disney Co. and Miramax, accusing them of failing to cease him.

The submitting states: “None of these prominent companies warned Ormond that Weinstein had a history of assaulting women because he was too important, too powerful, and made them too much money.”

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Ormond had beforehand talked about being the sufferer of sexual assault – notably in an interview with Variety journal – however that is the primary time she has publicly accused Weinstein.

She filed the case in state Supreme Court in Manhattan beneath the Adult Survivors Act, which was handed final yr to permit a brief window for many who allege sexual assault to file previous regular deadlines.

Weinstein’s lawyer Imran Ansari mentioned his shopper “categorically denies the allegations made against him by Julia Ormond and he is prepared to vehemently defend himself”.

CAA, Disney and Miramax have been approached for remark.