Kate Beckinsale diz que Harvey Weinstein a assediou quando ainda era menor de idade

Kate Beckinsale, estrela da franquia Anjos da Noite, é a mais recente atriz a se juntar ao grupo de mulheres que acusa o produtor Harvey Weinstein se assédio sexual. Beckinsale é a primeira a dizer que era menor de idade quando o caso aconteceu.

A atriz contou tudo no Instagram: “Eu fui chamada para uma reunião com Harvey Weinstein no Hotel Savoy quando tinha 17 anos. Eu pensei que fosse ser na sala de conferências do hotel, o que era bem comum em Hollywood”, escreve.

“Quando cheguei, a recepção me disse para subir até o quarto dele. Ele abriu a porta e estava de roupção. Eu era muito ingênua e jovem, e não passou pela minha cabeça que esse homem mais velho e pouco atraente achasse que eu tinha interesse sexual nele”, descreve ainda.

“Depois de recusar álcool e anunciar que tinha aulas na minha escola de manhã, eu saí do quarto desconfortável, mas intocada. Após alguns anos, ele me perguntou se tinha tentado alguma coisa comigo naquele encontro. Eu percebi que não conseguia me lembrar se ele tinha me assediado ou não”, diz.

“Por causa desse incidente, eu disse ‘não’ para ele, profissionalmente, pelos próximos anos – algumas dessas propostas terminaram com ele gritando comigo, me chamando de ‘p*ta’ e fazendo ameaçadas”, continua.

Beckinsale se junta a um contingente de atrizes que contou histórias similares ou muito piores sobre Weinstein, incluindo: Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Asia Argento, Mira Sorvino, Cara Delevingne, Léa Seydoux, Rose McGoqan e Ashley Judd.

I was called to meet Harvey Weinstein at the Savoy Hotel when I was 17. I assumed it would be in a conference room which was very common.When I arrived ,reception told me to go to his room . He opened the door in his bathrobe . I was incredibly naive and young and it did not cross my mind that this older ,unattractive man would expect me to have any sexual interest in him .After declining alcohol and announcing that I had school in the morning I left ,uneasy but unscathed.A few years later he asked me if he had tried anything with me in that first meeting .I realized he couldn’t remember if he had assaulted me or not .I had what I thought were boundaries – I said no to him professionally many times over the years-some of which ended up with him screaming at me calling me a cunt and making threats, some of which made him laughingly tell people oh “Kate lives to say no to me .” It speaks to the status quo in this business that I was aware that standing up for myself and saying no to things,while it did allow me to feel uncompromised in myself,undoubtedly harmed my career and was never something I felt supported by anyone other than my family.I would like to applaud the women who have come forward , and to pledge that we can from this create a new paradigm where producers,managers,executives and assistants and everyone who has in the past shrugged and said ” well, that’s just Harvey /Mr X/insert name here ” will realize that we in numbers can affect real change.For every moment like this there have been thousands where a vulnerable person has confided outrageous unprofessional behavior and found they have no recourse, due to an atmosphere of fear that it seems almost everyone has been living in .I had a male friend who, based on my experience,warned a young actress who said she was going to dinner with Harvey to be careful. He received a phone call the next day saying he would never work in another Miramax film ;the girl was already sleeping with Harvey and had told him that my friend had warned her off.Let’s stop allowing our young women to be sexual cannon fodder,and let’s remember that Harvey is an emblem of a system that is sick,and that we have work to do.

Uma publicação compartilhada por KateBeckinsale (@katebeckinsale) em Out 12, 2017 às 6:02 PDT