NEW YORK – Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexual assault by four further women as he serves a 23-year prison sentence.
Court documents filed n New York on Thursday allege several sexual offences dating from 1984 to 2013.
One of the four anonymous women was 17 at the time of an alleged attack.
Weinstein’s legal representative told BBC News: “Mr Weinstein intends to defend against the claims filed anonymously against him yesterday.”
The lawyer, Imran H Ansari of Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins PC, added: “Some of these claims, including those alleged to have occurred in the 1980s and 1990s, may be barred by the applicable statute of limitations, and not subject to any exceptions under the law, as these plaintiffs do not appear to be complainants in Mr Weinstein’s criminal case.”
The latest legal cases allege multiple sexual offences against four women, who currently reside in Tennessee, New York, Ecuador and Hungary.
Some of the attacks allegedly took place after meetings with Weinstein at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals.
The new allegations include:
