A shocking scene from a movie written and directed by Italian star Asia Argento shows her re-enacting the moment she was allegedly raped by Harvey Weinstein in 1997.
The actress told The New Yorker on Tuesday that she was raped at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc by Weinstein in who led her to an empty room during a Miramax party in 1997.
She claims that the movie mogul asked her to give him a massage, but he performed unwanted oral sex on her and that she repeatedly asked him to stop.
‘It was a nightmare,’ Argento told The New Yorker.
More victims emerge: Asia Argento (above in 2004) says that Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc back in 1997
Site: Argento said that her assault occurred in 1997 at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France (above)
Three years after the incident, Argento then wrote and directed Scarlet Diva, and the movie includes a scene that’s similar to what she allegedly went through with Weinstein. She tweeted the scene from the movie hours after The New Yorker published a story about her alleged rape
Three years after the incident, Argento then wrote and directed Scarlet Diva, and the movie includes a scene that’s similar to what she allegedly went through with Weinstein.
In her film, she plays a character named Anna who is cornered in a hotel room by a heavyset producer who asks her to give him a massage.
She sits down on the bed and begins to follow his instructions to rub his shoulders and chest while he lays down on his back.
The producer then tells Anna to kiss his chest, to which she is shocked and then moments later he begins to assault her.
In her film, she plays a character named Anna who is cornered in a hotel room by a heavyset producer who asks her to give him a massage
She sits down on the bed and begins to follow his instructions to rub his shoulders and chest while he lays down on his back
She released a clip of the movie on Twitter hours after The New Yorker story was published.
‘I wrote and directed this scene in 1999. #Weinstein’, she wrote in the tweet.
Argento told The New Yorker that other women told her that they recognized the producer character as a portrayal of Weinstein.
‘People would ask me about him because of the scene in the movie,’ Argento said. Women also told her about similar encounters with Weinstein.
The producer then tells Anna to kiss his chest, to which she is shocked and then moments later he begins to assault her
Argento claims that the movie mogul saw Scarlet Diva when it was released in the U.S. and recognized himself as the producer.
‘Ha, ha, very funny,’ Argento recounted him saying to her.
She said that he also said that he was ‘sorry for whatever happened.’
Argento explained the difference between the movie and what allegedly happened to her.
‘In the movie I wrote, I ran away,’ she said.
Argento is just one of several woman who have come forward accusing Weinstein of rape or sexual harassment.