His wife knew: Heather Graham says Harvey Weinstein's first wife was aware he slept with other women and details how the producer once alluded to an exchange of sex for a role
- Heather Graham is the latest to accuse Harvey Weinstein of trying to force himself on her in exchange for a role in one of his movies
- Graham said in the early 2000s she was offered a lead role in one of his movies
- She said that at the meeting he bragged that his wife knew he slept with other women while he was out of town - saying she was 'okay with it'
- The 47-year-old said she wasn't explicitly offered a trade of sex for work, but felt it was implied, and made up an excuse to avoid meeting with him again
- Five other women, including Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, all came forward Tuesday to accuse him of sexual assault and rape
Heather Graham is the latest to accuse movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of trying to force himself on her in exchange for a part in a movie - as five other women have accused the Hollywood executive of sexually assaulting them.
Following Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow's accusations of sexual assault and harassment on Tuesday, Graham told Variety of a time she was propositioned by the mogul - and said he even bragged about how his wife would be okay with it.
She said that in the early 2000's she met Weinstein at his office and was told that he wanted to cast her in one of his movies - offering her a pile of scripts on his desk to pick from.
Heather Graham is the latest to accuse movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of trying to force himself on her in exchange for a part in a movie - as five other women have accused the Hollywood executive of sexually assaulting them. She is pictured with him in 2004
Graham said that in a meeting with Weinstein in the early 2000s, the movie mogul bragged that he and his wife had an 'agreement' that he could sleep with whoever he wanted to while he was out of town. He was speaking of his first wife Eve Chilton, who he is pictured with in 1997. The two divorced in 2004
'He offered to let me pick which one I liked best,' the 47-year-old Portlandia actress explained.
'Later in the conversation, he mentioned he had an agreement with his wife,' Graham said, detailing how the meeting grew increasingly uncomfortable.
'[He said] He could sleep with whomever he wanted when he was out of town. I walked out of the meeting feeling uneasy.
'There was no explicit mention that to star in one of those films I had to sleep with him, but the subtext was there.'
The wife Weinstein would have been referring to was Eve Chilton who he married in 1987 and divorced in 2004.
And as to why she is just now telling her story - Graham said she knew he never explicitly offered a trade of sex or work, and she didn't want to be attacked for reading into something that 'may or may not have been there'. The 47-year-old is pictured at the San Diego International Film Festival on October 5
Graham went on to explain that she was asked for a follow-up meeting to discuss their work together in more depth - and said she was invited to his hotel.
She said she felt uncomfortable at the invitation - and asked one of her other actress friends to come with her.
When that friend cancelled, she called Weinstein to tell him she couldn't make it.
'Not wanting to be at the hotel along with him, I made up an excuse - I had an early morning and would have to postpone,' she told Variety.
'Harvey told me that my actress friend was already at his hotel and that both of them would be very disappointed if I didn't show. I knew he was lying, so I politely and apologetically reiterated that I could no longer come by.'
After that, Graham said the encounter was over and she was never hired.
And as to why she is just now telling her story - she said she knew he never explicitly offered a trade of sex or work, and she didn't want to be attacked for reading into something that 'may or may not have been there.'
Angelina Jolie (above in September) said that she never worked with Weinstein again after her made unwanted sexual advances on her while filming 'Playing by Heart'
Victim: Gwyneth Paltrow was sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein (pair above in 2002) at the start of her career claims the actress, and had boyfriend Brad Pitt confront the producer
Leading lady: Paltrow arrived at Weinstein's hotel and he began to massage her and then asked her to join him in the bedroom (above with Weinstein, Edward Zwick and her Best Actress Oscar in 1999)
More victims emerge: Asia Argento (above in 2004) says that Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc back in 1997
Mighty Harvey: Mira Sorvino says that Weinstein made sexual advances towards her back in 1995 in a hotel room and later by showing up to her apartment unannounced (Sorvino and her husband Chris Backus with Weinstein in 2006)
Support: Patricia Arquette tweeted her support for sister Rosanna on Tuesday (above)
Dam story: Rosanna Arquette says she met Weinstein in a hotel room and he asked her to give him a massage then tried to have her touch his erect penis (Arquette and Weinstein above in 2001)
On Tuesday more than five women came forward to detail sexual assault they say took place at the hands of Harvey Weinstein.
Italian star Asia Argento told the New Yorker that Weinstein raped her in 1997 at a party hosted by Miramax at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc. She claims the mogul led her to an empty room and asked her to give him a massage.
She reluctantly agreed, and halfway through he began to perform oral sex on her after forcibly lifting up her skirt despite her repeated requests for him to stop. Aspiring actress Lucia Evans and another unnamed woman accused him of rape as well, according to the article.
Jolie was promoting her film 'Playing By Heart' in 1998 when Weinstein made unwanted advances on the then 23-year-old in a hotel room.
'I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did,' Jolie told the New York Times.
'This behavior towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable.'
Paltrow meanwhile said that the man who launched her career sexually harassed her at his Beverly Hills hotel when she was just 22, and that it almost lost her a big role.
Rosanna Arquette and Mira Sorvino also state that the powerful Hollywood executive forced himself upon them, but that they were able to fight off his sexual advances.
Soon after, the two women say their careers began to suffer.
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