‘There was by no means an assault’: Harvey Weinstein denies accusations by Angelina Jolie

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Disgraced Hollywood mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has stated that he by no means assaulted Angelina Jolie after she just lately claimed in a brand new interview she needed to “escape” an encounter with the disgraced film mogul.

Weinstein, who’s presently serving a 23-year sentence for rape and battery responded in an announcement to TMZ by way of his assistant on Saturday. He stated, “THERE WAS NEVER an assault, and NEVER an attempt to assault.”

The assertion continued, “It is brazenly untrue and clickbait publicity. You’re Angelina Jolie, every male and female in the world, I’m sure, shows interest in you. Is the whole world assaulting you?”

The heated response from Weinstein comes after the actor described her alleged prior expertise with him as “beyond a pass” whereas selling her upcoming e-book, ‘Know Your Rights’, to a information outlet in an interview printed on Saturday. “It’s very clear to me that this is for more sales on Angie’s BOOK,” Weinstein added in his assertion.

In the interview, Jolie, who starred in Weinstein’s ‘Playing By Heart’ when she was 21 stated she advised her first husband, Jonny Lee Miller, concerning the alleged incident.

“I stayed away and warned people about him. I remember telling Jonny, my first husband, who was great about it, to spread the word to other guys, don’t let girls go alone with him,” Jolie shared. She added that she was requested to do 2004’s ‘The Aviator’ however stated no as a result of Weinstein was concerned.

Jolie’s claims about Weinstein got here out whereas she was discussing the continuing points she had along with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, that finally led to their marriage ending.

The ‘Maleficent’ star claimed that Pitt requested Weinstein to be a producer on his movie ‘Killing Them Softly’, a movie The Weinstein Company later distributed. “We fought about (Weinstein’s involvement). Of course it hurt,” Jolie shared.

However, one other certainly one of Pitt’s exes, Gwyneth Paltrow, had a very completely different expertise after Weinstein allegedly invited her, then simply 22 years previous, again to his lodge room and urged they get massages within the bed room.

Pitt allegedly confronted Weinstein at a film premiere and bodily threatened the producer which, on the time, was an enormous threat for the up and coming actor. Plan B productions, Pitt’s firm, can also be engaged on a movie about reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who helped take down Weinstein with their Pulitzer Prize-winning report.

Jolie first opened up concerning the alleged incident with Weinstein in 2017, claiming he’d made “unwanted advances” towards her in a lodge 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. This behaviour towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable,” Jolie advised a information outlet on the time, as per Fox News.