DOMINIQUE HUETT: He invited me to the
Peninsula in Beverly Hills. He told me
how much potential I had. He asked
if my breasts were real and wanted to
see them. That’s when the incident
happened. He wanted a massage. I
was cornered in his hotel room. In
that situation it’s flight or fight—I just
froze. I remember getting out of there
and not telling anyone because it was
very shameful to me.
EMILY NESTOR: I was a new employee. He
suggested an exchange of sexual rela-
tions for mentorship—textbook sexual
harassment.
ROWENA CHIU: I worked for Harvey as an
assistant when I was 24. I was flown
to his hotel suite in Venice, where I
worked from 10 in the morning until
he went to bed at 2 that night. His
business, as it were, was conducted
while he was naked or in an open robe.
The very first night wasn’t without itspageantry. He wanted me to give him
a massage and tried to touch me inap-
propriately. The second night he start-
ed to speak very coarsely. “I’ve never
had a Chinese girl, so you’re going to
be my first.” He started begging for one
thrust: “It’s such a small thing to ask,
and I can do so much for you. Just close
your eyes, and it’ll all be over quickly.”
He seemed to think that was a persua-
sive line of thought. I got away by tell-
ing him that I had to report for work at
6 a.m. In the end he said, “Okay, we
can pick this up tomorrow.”
CAITLIN DULANY: I was doing a reading
of a screenplay, and he introduced
himself. It’s a haunting moment in
my life because I always think, What
if he hadn’t? That would have been a
lot better for me. A few months later
I was sitting at a table at Cannes with
Leonardo DiCaprio and Elton John,
and he came over and invited me to anafter-party at his hotel. It’s tough to talk
about this part because it’s like every-
thing changes, you know? He assaulted
me in his hotel room that night, and
he performed oral sex on me without
my consent. Then he masturbated and
finished himself off.
MELISSA THOMPSON: I was a starry-eyed
young entrepreneur who took the
opportunity to pitch a movie mogul with
a technology start-up. Ultimately the
deal was successful, but I was also raped.
ERIKA ROSENBAUM: I went to Los Angeles
as a very young actress from a small
town in Quebec. I sat next to him at
a dinner, and it was the same story as
all the other women: He was inter-
ested in me as an actor and thought
he could help me out. Then he invited
me to a meeting that basically turned
into a closed-door attack. Not only did
I fear that he would ruin my career,
but I also thought, Nobody knowswhere I am. If I piss off this guy with
a notoriously bad temper, he could
leave me in a ditch somewhere and
nobody would ever find out.
MELISSA SAGEMILLER NESIC: I did a movie
with Harvey when I was 24. It was con-
stant harassment; it was daily visits to
my trailer. Eventually it was, “Harvey
needs to see you in his hotel room.” I
said, “Why can’t we just meet in the
lobby?” His assistant said, “He just
had a meeting with Brad Pitt and Tar-
antino up in his room. That’s where
he meets everyone.” I went upstairs,
and it was like what happened to
everyone else—he came out in his
bathrobe. He started following me
around the room and saying, “If you
really want to take your career to the
next level, you should sleep with me,
because that’s how it works. Charl-
ize did it and Renée did it and Gwyn
did it.” When I tried to deflect, hesaid, “You can’t get out of here until
you kiss me.” I knew I wasn’t getting
out of there unless I did. So I kissed
him, and he was like, “Fine, leave.”
I guess he wasn’t in a raging mood
that day, so I got out. I never went up
to his room again.
JASMINE LOBE: After two years of rejec-
tions as an actress, here comes the
king of Hollywood who basically
says, “I can help you.” We were hav-
ing lunch, and he put his hand on my
leg. All of a sudden I realized I was in
danger. That’s when the assault took
place. He put his hand through my
dress and squeezed my right breast. I
pushed him away and said, “No, I need
to go.” But he was really big, so I felt
like I needed to do it in a way that didn’t
upset him. He grabbed my hand and
he brought me into the other room.
He got on the bed, took off his shirt,
put his arms around me, and...God, Idon’t think I can continue to talk about
it. But I will tell you, at the end, basi-
cally, I pushed past him and got out.
He met me in the elevator and said,
“I’m proud of myself for behaving.”
I remember thinking, Does he mean
he’s proud for not raping me?
KADIAN NOBLE: When I met Harvey,
I thought, Wow, this is it. This is my
gateway I’ve always hoped for. I was
completely open to that man—he
was a person who makes dreams a
reality. But he had no interest in any-
thing but trying to get what he wanted
from me sexually. He molested me,
although I was saying no and wanted
to leave. I wasn’t able to get out of it
until he decided he was finished with
me in that hotel room.
LARISSA GOMES: I met Harvey Wein-
stein while I was working on one of
his films. I was very young. When
the assault happened he did mostquickly.’He seemed to think that was a persuasive line of thought.”