Hayek came forward with her allegations in an essay for the New York Times published on Dec. But after she made a deal with Weinstein, she writes, he began sexually harassing her. She said that Weinstein asked her to take a shower with him, engage in oral sex and get naked with another woman. When she declined, she said Weinstein would rage at her, telling her on one occasion that he would kill her.

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Salma Hayek is the latest to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment.
Jump to navigation. Earlier this year, Hollywood was rocked by allegations of rape and sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein. Salma Hayek has now come forward with her "painful episode" courtesy the disgraced producer. She talks about her brush with Harvey in the early days of her career.
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By Dino-Ray Ramos. Hayek with Geoffrey Rush. While Jennifer Lopez was interested in playing Frida and at the time was a bigger star, Mr. Weinstein overruled other investors to back Salma as the lead. The movie opened in multiple theaters and was supported by a huge advertising campaign and an enormous Academy Awards budget.
In one of the most vivid accounts yet of Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuse and harassment, Salma Hayek says the mogul turned the making of the Frida Kahlo biopic "Frida," into a nightmare after the actress refused Weinstein's relentless advances. Her refusals - of massages, showers and sex - enraged him, she wrote. Salma Hayek on Harvey Weinstein, in nytopinion : "No to letting a naked friend of his give me a massage. No to letting him give me oral sex. No to my getting naked with another woman. No, no, no Hayek, who regularly starred in films released by Weinstein's Miramax in the s, credited Weinstein with helping her start her career. But she said that the movie mogul would turn up at her door "at all hours of the night, hotel after hotel, location after location. When Hayek brought "Frida," which she was producing, to Miramax to distribute, Weinstein made outrageous demands as payback. Hayek said he insisted on rewrites, more financing and, most heinously to her, a sex scene with full frontal nudity.