The Walking Dead’s Julia Ormond accuses Disney of ‘enabling’ Harvey Weinstein’s assault

Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault.

Actress Julia Ormond has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.

of autumn legend The 58-year-old star filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, October 4, against the disgraced Hollywood producer, accusing him of sexually assaulting her after a business dinner in 1995.

Ormond has been accused of sexual abuse by more than 100 women, and is currently serving a 23-year sentence for raping an aspiring actress and sexually abusing a television and film production assistant. Weinstein, 71, allegedly said this. To her, he would only discuss her project “back in the apartment that Miramax had provided to Ormond as part of a first-look deal with her.”

Ormond said she agreed to have Weinstein come to her apartment, where he “stripped her naked and forced her to perform oral sex on him.”

After the alleged incident, Sabrina The actress said in her lawsuit that she informed her agents Kevin Huvain, 64, and Brian Lard, 62, about what apparently happened.

But Ms Ormond said they advised her not to speak out and did not protect her afterwards.

She is also suing Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, and Miramax and the Walt Disney Company for negligent supervision and retention.

CAA co-chairmen Kevin and Brian are not named as defendants in the suit, but they are named throughout Ormond’s filing as representing Ormond during the period in which he was allegedly targeted by Weinstein. It is being

The suit alleges that “the men at CAA who represented Ormond knew Weinstein.”

“And so did Weinstein’s employers, Miramax and Disney. Brazenly, none of these high-profile companies claimed that Weinstein had a history of assaulting women, because Weinstein was too important.” , did not warn Mr. Ormond that he was too powerful and made too much money for women.

Ormond released a statement after filing the lawsuit, saying she had lived with the “painful memories” that Weinstein allegedly caused “for decades.”

She said, “I am seeking some personal closure by holding them accountable for acknowledging their role and the depth of their harm.” We hope that this will lead to further protection for all of us.”

Mr. Weinstein was convicted in December 2022 of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, and sexual penetration with a foreign object of an Italian model in February 2013, and was sentenced to an additional 16 years in prison in February. Ta.