Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai dragged into Harvey Weinstein scandal

A woman claiming to be a former talent manager of Aishwarya Rai has said that she saved the actress from the Hollywood studio boss, Harvey Weinstein.

Aishwarya Rai and husband with Harvey Weinstein

Source: Twitter

Simone Sheffield, who claims to be the former talent manager of Aishwarya Rai, has commented on an online story that she saved the Bollywood actress from Harvey Weinstein’s advances.

has reported that Simone Sheffield commented under a story posted on Variety.com, recounting her story of the time when Weinstein “begged” her to arrange a meeting with Aishwarya Rai. She clarifies that although Weinstein tried hard, she refused to do so and saved the actress from his advances.

“I use to manage Indian actress Aishwarya Rai. While dealing with Harvey I found it comical how hard he tried to get Aishwarya alone. But he was a pig… looked and acted like a “big bully pig”….He asked me to leave the meeting numerous times and I politely declined. When we were leaving his office he cornered me and said “what do I have to do to get her alone?” I told him to “kiss my black a**”, she wrote.
Read the full comment below:
Simone Sheffield statement
Source: Hindustan Times

Weinstein has been accused of bullying, sexual harassment and assault by several women in Hollywood. New Yorker Times was the first to blow the lid off the decade old secrets last week. The new Yorker also later on published a story in which three women have accused him of raping them.

Across three decades, there are currently at least 28 accusations against the former chief executive of The Weinstein Company.