Former actress blames Weinstein: “He wanted a trio”

Two women testified in New York on Wednesday against Harvey Weinstein. A former actress stated that the powerful film producer had assaulted her and later insisted on a trio in exchange for work.

“I froze more or less and stood up”

40-year-old Dawn Dunning said she met Weinstein when she worked as a waitress in a nightclub in 2004. He would later have invited her to talk about film projects in a hotel room. The producer would have put his hand under her skirt there.

“I more or less froze and stood up. He apologized and said it would not happen again,” the woman said. She would have met Weinstein again two weeks later in a hotel to talk about a film role. Then he would have insisted on sex with him and his assistant in exchange for the role.

Dunning said that Weinstein got angry when she then started to laugh. He would have shouted: “You will never make it in this business.” Dunning then ran out of the room. Later, another woman, Tarale Wulff, stated that Weinstein started masturbating in her presence.