Eva Green has claimed she was forced to “push off” disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein and was left feeling “shocked and disgusted”.
The Bond actor, who appeared in Casino Royale, is the latest woman to accuse one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers of s-xual harassment.
Green’s allegations come after her mother claimed her daughter attempted to dodge his advances but alleged he threatened to destroy her career in response.
During a radio interview, Marlene Jobert said Green was targeted by Weinstein between 2010 and 2011 in Paris. She accused the acclaimed producer of being a “horrible man” who told her daughter he would help her build her career in return for s-xual favours.
Speaking to Europe 1 radio in French, she said: "My daughter Eva was a victim of this horrible man ... he is tenacious, he insisted over the course of several months, from the moment he arrived in Paris, he would start calling her.
"She didn't respond ... she was a little bit intimidated, this guy had so much power. The power over all cinema. He stuck so many sticks in her wheels, because he was angry.
"It's difficult, (she) took a long time to recover, she preferred to forget and not to talk about it anymore."
She recalled the way Weinstein approached her daughter, saying: "He was with Eva the way he was with all the others, with the same modus operandi: under the pretext of a professional rendez-vous, with a scenario for him to give out, with a great role at stake.
"And as his office was also in his hotel suite, he asked them to come up and then, great ... He promised them, like everyone, to promote their career in exchange for s-xual favours."
Green, who has starred in independent films Cracks, Womb, and Perfect Sense, issued a later statement to Variety, saying: "I met him for a business meeting in Paris at which he behaved inappropriately and I had to push him off.
She continued: "I got away without it going further, but the experience left me shocked and disgusted."
Green said she chose not to discuss the alleged incident before because she was keen to maintain her privacy but has now been inspired by the chorus of women coming forward to accuse Weinstein. She applauded the “great bravery” of women for speaking out and argued it was important to come to terms with the fact this behaviour is pervasive and not simply linked to the entertainment industry.
“The exploitation of power is ubiquitous. This behaviour is unacceptable and needs to be eliminated,” she said.
Green had appeared in Sin City which the disgraced media mogul had been involved.
The Weinstein fallout erupted last week when The New York Times published an bombshell story about Weinstein's numerous settlements with women and included Ashley Judd accusing Weinstein of s-xual harassment. This was followed by a similarly explosive 10-month investigative piece in The New Yorker that included three women who accused him of r-pe.
More than 40 women have accused the Hollywood A-lister of s-xual misconduct. He is now the subject of criminal investigations on both sides of the Atlantic and has been fired from his namesake company.
Weinstein denies any accusations of nonconsensual s-x. "Any allegations of non-consensual s-x are unequivocally denied by Mr Weinstein. Mr Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances," his spokesperson told The Independent in a statement.
