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Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sued by his former personal assistant for sexual harassment, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Indian American Sandeep Rehal accuses Weinstein of forcing her to work in a “pervasive and severe sexually hostile” environment during her two years of employment with The Weinstein Co.
Rehal says Weinstein was often naked while she worked around him and that he groped her while she rode in the back of his chauffeured SUV.
Deadline reports the lawsuit also alleges Rehal had to assist with Weinstein’s frequent rendevous with women.
“In addition to maintaining his list of available women, Ms. Rehal was forced to do many other offensive chores to ‘assist’ in Harvey Weinstein’s sex life. She was required to manage the stock of Caverject shots for his erectile dysfunction. She had to obtain the shots and keep them stocked in a cabinet behind her desk at Harvey Weinstein’s TWC office. Every time Harvey Weinstein went to meet a woman at a hotel, in the office, or elsewhere, which occurred on average at least three times a week when he was in New York, Ms. Rehal was required as part of her job to provide Harvey Weinstein with a shot, which she placed in his jacket pocket or in a brown paper bag,” documents in the lawsuit reads.
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Weinstein, through a spokesperson, has denied the allegations saying “Mr. Weinstein categorically denies these claims and his lawyers will respond in the appropriate legal forum with evidence proving they are untrue.”
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