Another actress added her name Monday to the dozens accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of a litany of depraved sexual misconduct as he was forced to quit Hollywood’s directing union. In the latest case filed in a New York federal court, aspiring British actress Kadian Noble is accusing Weinstein of inviting her to a hotel room in France and sexually assaulting her. The civil lawsuit says the producer — who denies all allegations of non-consensual sex — violated US federal sex trafficking laws during the incident in Cannes, France, in 2014. ‘Scourge’He also parted ways with The Weinstein Co, the production house he and his brother Bob co-founded, and was suspended by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Announcing disciplinary action against Weinstein in October, the DGA released a statement condemning the “scourge” of sexual harassment and calling for a zero tolerance approach to abuses of power.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 28, 2017 04:18 UTC