British actress Julia Ormond He sued this Wednesday The Walt Disney Companyto the talent company CAA, to the production company Miramax and Harvey Weinstein for a sexual assault allegedly carried out by the former producer in 1995.

In the lawsuit filed with the New York Supreme Court, Ormond alleges that Weinstein, currently in prison, abused her after a work dinner and claims that CAA and disney, owners of Miramax, knew the behavior of the producer and They did nothing to protect her.

In the legal document obtained by the specialized media Variety, the actress of ‘Legends of the Fall’ (Legends of Passion) or ‘First Knight’ (The First Knight) describes that Weinstein seduced her so that He gave her a massage, climbed on top of her, masturbated her and forced her to perform oral sex on him.

According to his story, Ormond informed his then agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane – today co-presidents of CAA – of what had happened with the producer of ‘Pulp Fiction’, among other great hits, and they warned him not to speak and protected him. . Neither Lourd nor Huvane are named as defendants, but they are mentioned repeatedly throughout the lawsuit as Ormond’s representatives at the time.

Ormond sues CAA, one of the most important talent agencies in Hollywoodby negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, and accuses Miramax, a company founded by Weinstein that acquired Disney in the 1990s, of negligent oversight and retention. That last term refers to the fact of keeping an employee despite the company being aware of the potential harm it may cause to others.

#MeToo movement

Weinstein, 71, is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault in New York, and in February he was sentenced to an additional 16 years in Los Angeles. Even though the alleged assault happened almost 30 years ago, Ormond is able to take legal action thanks to the Adult Survivors Actwhich New York approved in 2022 as a result of the movement #MeToo.

The wave of accusations against Weinstein It began in 2015, when some actresses began to speak out about their abuse. But Weinstein did not see his career collapse until October 2017, when The New York Times and days later The New Yorker magazine uncovered a history of sexual harassment perpetuated by the producer for decades.