This is how Gwyneth Paltrow helped unmask Harvey Weinstein
Gwyneth Paltrow was a key figure in the investigation led by the
American newspaper "The New York Times" that published the first accusations
of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein, and led to the producer's
dismissal and subsequent prosecution.
Now, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, two of the journalists who
participated in the investigation, have compiled all their experiences in a
book entitled "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped
Ignite a Movement", from where they tell the fall of Weinstein in 2017.
This week, journalist Jodi Kantor revealed to CBS that Paltrow
"played a much more active role than anyone I've ever met," adding, "But it
was creepy for her because Harvey Weinstein had been such a big influence."
In November 2017, Paltrow testified that the man who
launched her career harassed her at her Beverly Hills hotel when she was just
22 years old and tried to molest her, but managed to get away from her. The
actress coincided with the producer when she starred in the adaptation of the
Jane Austen story,
"Emma." Before filming began, the producer summoned her to her hotel suite for an alleged work meeting that ended with the tycoon putting his hands on her and suggesting they go into the next room for massages. "She was a girl, she was petrified," she said in an interview with The New York Times.
The frightened actress turned to her boyfriend at the time, Brad Pitt, for
help. The actor furiously went to the businessman's offices and confronted him
in a heated discussion. The result was that the producer threatened her so
that she would not tell anyone again while screaming at her. "I thought she
was going to fire me. I had to keep it a secret," she said.
