A former model has broken her silence 20 years after disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein reportedly tricked her into joining him in his hotel room before stripping naked and begging her for a massage.
Christchurch-born Zoe Brock, 43, spoke out on Monday detailing her ‘horrific’ experience with Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein as a young model in 1997.
Ms Brock, who described herself as a ‘naïve’ 23-year-old, said she found herself in Harvey’s room ‘drunk, miles from home, without cash to get a cab, and without a cell phone.’
Ms Brock, who described herself as a ‘naïve’ 23-year-old, said she found herself in Harvey’s room in 1997 (pictured today)
‘Harvey left the room, but not for long. He re-emerged naked a couple of minutes later and asked if I would give him a massage,’ she wrote in a blog post
Ms Brock claimed she emerged from the bathroom to see Weinstein (pictured) sitting on his bed in a bathrobe and crying
‘Harvey left the room, but not for long. He re-emerged naked a couple of minutes later and asked if I would give him a massage,’ she wrote in a post on Medium.
‘Panicking, in shock, I remember weighing up the options and wondering how much I needed to placate him to keep myself safe.’
Finding herself ‘terrified’ and alone, Ms Brock said she confronted Weinstein.
‘I told him I was uncomfortable and that I was angry that I had been tricked into this position.
‘He pleaded with me to let him massage me and I let him put his hands on my shoulders while my mind raced,’ she claimed.
‘Harvey chased me, d**k, b**ls and all, and banged on the door with his fists, pleading with me to come out,’ she said
Ms Brock said she then ran into the bathroom and locked the door.
‘Harvey chased me, d**k, b**ls and all, and banged on the door with his fists, pleading with me to come out,’ she said.
The former model said there wasn’t anything in the room she could use to help her out of the situation, only toiletries and a hair dryer. So she resorted to addressing him directly.
‘This is unacceptable. Put your clothes on you naughty, naughty boy,’ she apparently said.
While this statement did encourage Weinstein to put his clothes back on she said her terrifying encounter with the producer was not over yet
While this statement did encourage Weinstein to put his clothes back on she said her terrifying encounter with the producer was not over yet.
Ms Brock claimed she emerged from the bathroom to see Weinstein sitting on his bed in a bathrobe and crying.
The former model said she became enraged after Weinstein broke down in tears because he thought she refused him because he was ‘fat.’
‘I’m f***ing furious at you. You chased me around naked and scared me. You acted like a friend and then tricked me,’ she wrote online.
The young model allegedly managed to convince Weinstein to let her go.
While she said she left physically unscathed, she said ‘that doesn’t make the story less shocking or emotionally jarring.’
Ms Brock reiterated that she found herself alone with Weinstein after a night partying with friends.
She said she was convinced to go back to his suite with a group of his associates, but one by one everyone in the group peeled off, leaving her alone with him.
‘I took stock of the other men who had enabled this situation, lying to my face to lure me here,’ she said.
Weinstein was fired from his own company on Monday following a string of sexual harassment allegations which dated back decades.
Actress Ashley Judd (pictured left in 1997) has also made harassment claims against the Hollywood bigwig, revealing she was lured to Weinstein’s (right) hotel room once and asked to perform sexual favours
The millionaire producer has reached at least eight different settlements with women who have accused him of sexual harassment.
‘Charmed’ star Rose McGowan came forward on Twitter last October with claims she was raped by a ‘studio executive’ in the mid-1990’s.
Actress Ashley Judd has also made harassment claims against the Hollywood bigwig, revealing she was lured to Weinstein’s hotel room once and asked to perform sexual favours.
Former Fox News anchor, Lauren Sivan, came forward on Friday saying in an interview with the Huffington Post that Weinstein once trapped her in a restaurant hallway at a private event and masturbated in front of her until he ejaculated.
Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Brie Larson, Brooklyn Decker, Patricia Arquette, Jessica Chastain and Heather Matarazzo are among the A-listers supporting accusers claims online.
But actresses Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow, who have all worked with the accused producer, are yet to speak out about the scandal.