Salma says 'monster' Weinstein threatened to kill her
14 Dec 2017 2:00 PM GMT
Los Angeles: Actor Salma Hayek has added her name to the list of celebrities speaking out against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, calling him a rage-fuelled "monster" who sexually harassed and tried to kill her. Weinstein denied the charge.
In an emotional New York Times piece published recently, the 51-year-old Mexican actor detailed her experiences with Weinstein through the course of the making of Frida – a 2002 biopic on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
She claimed, among other things, that he once threatened to kill her when she refused his advances. Hayek said Weinstein told her: "I will kill you, don't think I can't."
"I don't think he hated anything more than the word 'no,'" Hayek wrote. "And with every refusal came Harvey's Machiavellian rage."
Dozens of actors, including Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, have accused Weinstein of similar impropriety. He has denied all the allegations of non-consensual sex.
Weinstein's spokesperson said: "All of the sexual allegations as portrayed by (Hayek) are not accurate and others who witnessed the events have a different account of what transpired."
The Oscar-nominated actor wrote that she spent years saying 'no' to the disgraced producer following his demands for sexual activity with her.
"No to me taking a shower with him. No to letting him watch me take a shower. No to letting him give me a massage. No to letting a naked friend of his give me a massage. No to letting him give me oral sex. No to me getting naked with another woman," she wrote.
She accused him of threatening to shut Frida down unless she filmed a nude sex scene with another actor.
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