Cara Delevingne says Harvey Weinstein told her that she would fail in Hollywood as a "gay woman"

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Cara Delevingne sheds light on the harassment she's faced with Harvey Weinstein.

The actress and model sits down for an interview with Net to wear where she opened about Weinstein's alleged derogatory comments about her sexuality. Delevingne, 27, is linked to actress Ashley Benson, 29, for more than a year.

"One of the first things Harvey Weinstein told me was," You will never succeed in this industry as a homosexual woman – take a beard, "said Delevingne in the interview.

Delevingne had already made similar claims against Weinstein in October 2017 after several women took a stand against the film's tycoon. In a statement posted on her Instagram account, Delevingne detailed her presumed experience with the producer at a meeting about the company's film Weinstein. Tulip fever in 2014 (the film was released in 2017).

"When I started working as an actress, I was working on a film and I got a call from Harvey Weinstein asking me if I had slept with one of the women with whom I was working. Was seen in the media, "she wrote. "It was a very strange and uncomfortable call … I did not answer any of his questions and hurried to hang up but before hanging up, he told me that if I was gay or if I decided to be with a woman in public, I ' d never get the role of a straight woman or do it as an actress in Hollywood. "

Delevingne said that a few years later she was invited to the Weinstein Hotel for a meeting. After speaking in the lobby, the movie's mogul invited her to climb into her hotel room, she said. The actress said that she had initially refused her invitation, but that her assistant had encouraged her to ride.

"When I arrived, I was relieved to find another woman in her room and immediately thought I was safe," wrote Delevingne. "He asked us to kiss and she started some kind of advances on her direction."

In order to divert Weinstein's attention, Delevingne said that she had started singing.

"I was so nervous. After singing, I repeated that I had to leave, "she wrote. "He led me to the door and stood in front of her and tried to kiss me on the lips."

In March, several reports revealed that Mr. Weinstein had reached a $ 44 million interim agreement providing for compensation for the women who sued him for alleged conduct of sexual misconduct and board members. Administration of its former film company, while settling a lawsuit for violation of civil rights by New York. Attorney General's Office. Weinstein denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.

Weinstein should be tried in January 2020 on charges of rape, predatory sexual assault and criminal sex based on two women's charges, the source said. The Washington Post. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.