Legends of the Fall actress Julia Ormond, 58, is suing Harvey Weinstein, Miramax, Disney and the CAA, claiming a rape producer forced her to perform oral sex in 1995 – ‘effectively blacklisting her from Hollywood’
- British actress Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault over an alleged incident after a business dinner in 1995
- Ormond’s lawsuit also targets CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax for allegedly enabling his conduct
- The Legends of the Fall star said he tricked her into giving him a massage before climbing on top of her, masturbating and forcing her to perform oral sex
British actress Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault, Variety reports.
Along with the disgraced producer, Ormond’s lawsuit also targets CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax for allegedly “brazenly” enabling his behavior.
The case, filed Wednesday morning in the New York Supreme Court, is under review VarietyThe 58-year-old claims that Weinstein sexually assaulted her after a work dinner in 1995.
The Legends of the Fall star said he tricked her into giving him a massage before climbing on top of her, masturbating and forcing her to perform oral sex.
Ormond said she told her agents – Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane – about the alleged assault, but they warned her not to speak out.
British actress Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault, Variety reports
Along with disgraced producer Weinstein (pictured), Ormond’s lawsuit also targets CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax for allegedly enabling his behavior
The pair are the current co-chairmen of CAA and are named in the lawsuit, although they are not listed as defendants.
Ormond is instead suing the LA-based talent and sports agency for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.
She also accuses Miramax, the company that Weinstein co-founded with his brother, and The Walt Disney Company as owner in the 1990s, of negligent supervision and retention.
Ormond names several former company executives in the lawsuit — including ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and ex-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg — but they are not targeted as defendants.
“The men at CAA who represented Ormond knew about Weinstein. This also applied to Weinstein’s employers at Miramax and Disney,” the lawsuit said, per Variety.
“Unfortunately, none of these prominent companies warned Ormond that Weinstein had a history of assaulting women because he was too important, too powerful and made them too much money.”