FILE - In this April 28, 2017 file photo, Harvey Weinstein attends the "Reservoir Dogs" 25th anniversary screening during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. A new lawsuit is accusing Weinstein of sex trafficking by luring an aspiring actress into a French hotel room where he sexually assaulted her. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
November 27, 2017 - 2:39 PM
NEW YORK - A New York lawsuit accuses Harvey Weinstein of sex trafficking by luring an aspiring actress into a French hotel room and sexually assaulting her.
The lawsuit was filed Monday and says the movie producer went to London in 2014 and "groomed" Kadian Noble by telling her he had a film role in mind for her. It says later that year he again approached Noble and took her to his room at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes (kan), where he groped her and forced her to watch him masturbate.
A spokeswoman for Weinstein has denied the allegations.
The lawsuit was filed under a sex-trafficking statute that has a 10-year limit for filing a complaint against someone who travelled to commit a sexual assault. It seeks unspecified damages.
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