Actress Ashley Judd marks Harvey Weinstein's attempt to dismiss his libel lawsuit against him "offensive" | 1 NEWS

The 50-year-old actress said that she had lost a share in "The Lord of the Rings" after rejecting the shameful sexual advances of the film's tycoon in a lawsuit. Defamation filed in April, a court heard on Tuesday how Weinstein argued that the star Divergent had "filed this action 20 years too late" as the alleged incident happened in 1998.

In addition to not respecting the limitation period, his court documents also insisted that the single incident was not "invasive or harsh" enough to constitute sexual harassment.

And Ashley's team has now responded to the "defective motion", insisting that they are convinced that they can "oppose" the call for the case to be dismissed.

They stated in a statement: "Mr. Weinstein's arguments seeking to escape the consequences of his despicable contempt are not only unfounded, but offensive." We are anxious to oppose his fl discovery of his outrageous behavior and proved to a jury that Mr. Weinstein had harmed his career in a malicious way because it was resisting his sexual advances. "

In his own court papers, Weinstein – who was accused of Ashley's charges against him were not sufficient to be described as harassment

Paperwork claimed: "Weinstein's alleged unwanted sexual advances occurred on a single day and consisted of asking him to have a massage with the plaintiff, asking him to help him choose clothes and ask him to watch him take a shower.These allegations are far from answering. e to the required element "invasive or severe".

The star of Double Jeopardy had alleged that she had been blacklisted by Weinstein after the incident and that she had affected her career, but he replied she would have been a plus. big star if it had been screened in the movies is purely speculative. "

In the initial deposit, Judd accused Weinstein of" retaliation "after he refused the producer.

Court documents read: The sad reality, however, was that Weinstein was retaliating against Ms. Judd for rejecting his sexual demands about a year ago, when he had stuck her in a hotel room under the pretext of discussing business.A self-proclaimed "benevolent dictator" who boasted that " I can be scary, "Weinstein used his power in the entertainment industry to damage Mrs. Judd's reputation and limit her ability to find work."

for damages, an order to prevent Weinstein's "to engage in further retaliation against her", an injunction against Weinstein to "stop engaging in unfair competition" and legal costs.