Hours after Harvey Weinstein‘s sentencing, Kate Beckinsale came forward with her own experience with the disgraced Hollywood mogul.
As you’re likely aware, the Miramax co-founder was sentenced to 23 years in a New York state prison on Wednesday. Once his sentence was handed down, many of his accusers and vocal opponents went online to react to the news, including Beckinsale who had never previously spoken out about this incident.
Related: Harvey Weinstein Said He Wanted Jennifer Aniston ‘Killed’!
Along with two images from the New York Serendipity premiere in 2001 — one of her and one of the now-67-year-old — she began:
“These photos were taken at the premiere of Serendipity on October 5, 2001. We all refused to go because holding a premiere mere weeks after 9/11 with the city still smoking felt like the most insensitive, tone deaf, disrespectful idea possible. But Harvey insisted. We flew into New York and somehow got through it. The next morning Harvey called me and asked if I would like to bring my less than two year old daughter to his house for a playdate with his similar aged daughter I said ok.”
She continued her Instagram post, detailing the incident of alleged intense verbal abuse:
“I turned up and he immediately called for his nanny to take the babies to another room to play. I went to go with them and he said ‘No, you wait here.’ The minute the door closed he started screaming ‘you stupid f**king C**T, you C**T you ruined my premiere.’ I had no idea what he was talking about and started to shake. He said,’If I am throwing a red carpet you get in a tight dress, you shake your ass you shake your tits you do not go down it looking like a f**king lesbian you stupid f**king c**t.” The shock made me burst into tears.I tried to say ‘Harvey, the city is on fire, people are still looking for their relatives none of us even felt the premiere was appropriate much less coming out dressed like it’s a bachelor party.’ He said,’I don’t care -it’s my f**king premiere and if I want p***y on the red carpet that’s what I get’.Screaming. Livid. I managed to get myself and my child out of there and yes that was one of many experiences I had that there was no recourse for, and falls under no felony.”
The now-46-year-old continued, reflecting on how she was “punished” in the years after this instance:
“But I WAS punished for it, and for other instances where I said no to him for years, insidiously and seeming irreversibly. Hearing that he has gone to prison for 23 years is a huge relief to me on behalf of all the women he sexually assaulted or raped, and I hope will be a deterrent to that sort of behavior in this and any other industry.”
She concluded her message, seeming hopeful for change in Hollywood, and wrapped up with a note seemingly directed at Rose McGowan, one of Weinstein’s most outspoken accusers:
“Having said that, the crimes that are not crimes, the inhumane bullying and sick covert abuse for which there is STILL no recourse no matter who you tell(and I did tell),these too need to go.I hope and pray that we as an industry can start to actually outlaw all abuses of power and expose them and eliminate them, for all genders, forever. And Rose, brava ❤”
Thank you for coming forward with your story, Kate. We’re sure it’s not easy no matter how long it’s been.
[Image via Sheri Determan/WENN & WENN/Avalon]
Related Posts
-
Categories
