Uma Thurman has avoided talking about what she alleged was a sexual assault by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, saying she was waiting until the anger subsided to tell her story.
That time is now as she opened up to the New York Times in a lengthy article that describes the incident between her and Weinstein several years ago.
According to the article, the "Kill Bill" star and Weinstein had become friends after the success of Pulp Fiction, and were in a Paris hotel room arguing over a script when the infamous robe came out. Thurman says Weinstein asked her to follow him into a steam room with him. She says she entered while wearing a full black leather outfit, but quickly left, calling the situation "ridiculous."
She says Weinstein got flustered, jumped up and ran out.
Not long after, things took a much darker turn while Thurman was at Weinstein's suite at the Savoy Hotel in England.
“It was such a bat to the head. He pushed me down. He tried to shove himself on me. He tried to expose himself. He did all kinds of unpleasant things. But he didn’t actually put his back into it and force me. You’re like an animal wriggling away, like a lizard. I was doing anything I could to get the train back on the track. My track. Not his track.”
Thurman returned to her hotel room and threatened to expose what he had done, but Weinstein said he would derail her career.
The next day, she says, Weinstein sent her flowers and apologized.
Since then, their relationship took a turn for the worse as she distanced herself from him. At one point, she tells the New York Times she confronted Weinstein about his behavior warning him, "If you do what you did to me to other people you will lose your career, your reputation and your family, I promise you.
Weinstein's reps acknowledge the incident in England, saying "Mr. Weinstein acknowledges making a pass at Ms. Thurman in England after misreading her signals in Paris. He immediately apologized." Weinstein denies threatening Uma's career.
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