Disabled Actress Files A Class Action Lawsuit Against Harvey Weinstein, Claims He Locked Her In A Stairwell

If you didn’t think you could have a lower opinion of Harvey Weinstein, think again.

On Wednesday, an anonymous disabled actress filed a class action lawsuit against the King of the Pervs, Harvey Weinstein. The actress hasn’t been named, but we know she’s blind. She claims he locked her in a stairwell after she refused his sexual advances.

Yep. Harvey Weinstein allegedly did this to a BLIND WOMAN.

On Wednesday, an anonymous actress sued Weinstein for assaulting her during a casting couch meeting, and opened the lawsuit up to the ‘dozens, if not hundreds’ of his other victims.

The victim, identified only as Jane Doe 1 in court papers, lives in Lancaster, California and says that Weinstein flew into a rage after she rebuffed his sexual advances during an audition when he working at Miramax.

Doe doesn’t specify when the attack happened, but it would have happened between 1979 and 2005.

Just when I thought I couldn’t have a lower opinion of Weinstein…

The victim’s law firm told The Blast that she is a ‘legally blind, disabled actress’ and that the assault happened at his office building in New York, and that the role was for a blind person.

Doe says she was auditioning with another production company one day, in a building also occupied by Miramax, when an associate of Weinstein’s came up and said that Weinstein wanted to meet with her in his private office on another floor.

The associate told Doe that Weinstein was casting for a film and ‘looking for an actress who had her “look”‘.

As the story goes, she auditioned and Weinstein told her she was “exactly” what he was looking for. As she prepared to leave, Weinstein stopped her and said he “just needed one more thing from” her.

He proceeded to tell her that he needed to see her boobs immediately.

“He asked her to disrobe and explained he needed to see her breasts, repeatedly stating, ‘It’s just your breasts,'” the lawsuit states.

‘When Jane Doe 1 refused repeatedly, Weinstein told her to “take your dress down” and “you are going to need to expose them.” Weinstein told Jane Doe 1 that the role required him to review and approve of her breasts.

‘Jane Doe 1, realizing she was about to be sexually assaulted, was terrified. When Jane Doe 1 continued to refuse, Weinstein angrily inquired whether she knew who he was, told her he could “make” her or “break” her, and that she would “never work in this town again.” “You know, I could launch your career and I can make you or break you,” he insisted, again demanding that she expose her breasts.

‘Weinstein then told Jane Doe 1 to “Give me my script back.” Weinstein was belligerent and ranting. He told her, “Without me, you will never work again.”

‘Weinstein then told Jane Doe 1 to show herself out and advised that she could not use the main door. He corralled her to a side door that led into a pitch-black stairwell. He then locked the door behind her,’ the lawsuit reads.

That’s right. The freak LOCKED A BLIND WOMAN IN A STAIRWELL.

Jane Doe 1, realizing she was locked in, banged on the door and begged to be let out. Scared and upset, she panicked, walking up and down flights of stairs, banging on doors and yelling on each landing that she was locked in – all the while not knowing whether Weinstein would return and assault her further. Terrified and sweating through her dress, Jane Doe 1 feared for her safety and life.

A maintenance worker eventually came to her rescue.

‘Finally, a maintenance worker heard her yelling and let her out; that worker immediately asked Jane Doe 1 if she was coming from Weinstein’s floor,’ the lawsuit reads.

Doe says that the assault had a ‘profoundly disturbing’ impact on her life – changing the way she ‘pursues her career, takes meetings and interacts with men both personally and professionally’.

Can you even?

“In other words, Jane Doe 1 lost the part Weinstein offered, lost other opportunities at Miramax and TWC, and has lost other professional opportunities as the consequence of Weinstein’s assault,” the lawsuit continues.

Jane Doe is “asking for unspecified damages for her pain and suffering, as well as compensatory and punitive damages.”

Weinstein is a scuzzbucket.

h/t Daily Mail