
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein appears to admit to sexual assault in an audio recording obtained and released by The New Yorker.
In March 2015, Filipina-Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez filed a complaint with the New York Police Department, accusing the film executive of groping her breasts and putting his hand up her skirt in a meeting.
In a police recording captured during a NYPD ‘sting’ operation, a man The New Yorker allege is Weinstein can be heard asking Gutierrez to come into his bathroom for “a minute”. She protests – repeatedly – and tells Weinstein she “doesn’t want to”, that she doesn’t feel “comfortable” and litters the conversation with variations of “no”.
When Gutierrez presses, and says the reason she doesn’t feel safe is because he “groped” her breast the previous day, Weinstein appears to admit to the assault.
LISTEN: ‘Secret recording of Harvey Weinstein’ from the The New Yorker
“Oh, please, I’m sorry, just come on in,” the male voice says. “I’m used to that. Come on. Please.”
“You’re used to that?” asks Gutierrez.
“Yes. Come in… I won’t do it again, come on, sit here. Sit here for a minute, please?”
After the man continues to pressure her to come inside, and Gutierrez consistently refuses his offers, he warns her refusal to cooperate could “ruin” their “friendship”.