Harvey Weinstein accused of raping 3 women sexually harassing Gwyneth Paltrow Angelina Jolie
Harvey Weinstein
Lurid allegations against  Harvey Weinstein  spread like wildfire on Tuesday as A-list actresses Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow accused the studio head of harassment  and the New Yorker published an exposé with claims  he  raped three women and forced  himself  on four more.
Paltrow told the New York Times Weinstein invited her to  his  suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel after casting her in the lead role for "Emma" and suggested they go to the bedroom for massages.
"I was a kid  I was signed up  I was petrified " Paltrow told the Times. Then 22  she confided in her boyfriend Brad Pitt what had happened  and Pitt later confronted  Weinstein .
According to  Paltrow  Weinstein  threatened  her  to keep  her  quiet.
"I thought he was going to fire me "  she  said of the producer who helped jump-start  her  career.
 WEINSTEIN 'S WIFE CONCERNED ABOUT HER FASHION EMPIRE
Jolie also told the paper she "had a bad experience with  Harvey Weinstein  in my youth."
Several other women shared similar expieriences in a shocking exposé by Ronan Farrow for the New Yorker. Farrow detailed  Weinstein 's alleged decades-long history of threatening aspiring actresses and employees if they refused his sexual advances.
Three of the women who spoke with Farrow said  Weinstein  raped them  one of which later refused to speak on the record. Four more women said they experienced unwanted touching and four others said  Weinstein  masturbated in front of them or exposed  himself .
Current and former Weinstein Company employees admitted to the New Yorker many at the company knew of  Weinstein 's behavior towards women and said some employees acted as "honeypot[s]" to attract women to meetings with  Weinstein  only to leave the women alone with the producer.
One of the more serious allegations comes from Italian actress and director Asia Argento who alleged that  Weinstein  forcibly performed oral sex on her.
She said she did not come forward earlier out of fear  Weinstein  would "crush" her.
Argento said she later had a consensual sexual relationship with  Weinstein  because she felt "obliged."
Another woman  Lucia Evans  alleged  Weinstein  forced her to perform oral sex on him in 2004. Evans was an aspiring actress at the time and had heard rumors about  Weinstein 's behavior but agreed to meet him at Miramax's New York office after she was told a female casting agent would be present.
However  she said she was left alone with  Weinstein  despite the building "being full of people."
" He  forced me to perform oral sex on  him ...I said  over and over  ‘I don’t want to do this  stop  don’t.'"
Lurid allegations against [TGT]spread like wildfire on Tuesday as A-list actresses Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow accused the studio head of harassment  and the New Yorker published an exposé with claims  he  raped three women and forced  himself  on four more.
Paltrow told [TGT] invited her to  his  suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel after casting her in the lead role for "Emma" and suggested they go to the bedroom for massages.
"I was a kid  I was signed up  I was petrified " Paltrow told the Times. Then 22  she confided in her boyfriend Brad Pitt what had happened  and Pitt later confronted  [TGT] .
According to  Paltrow  [TGT]threatened  her  to keep  her  quiet.
"I thought [TGT] was going to fire me "  she  said of the producer who helped jump-start  her  career.
 [TGT] 'S WIFE CONCERNED ABOUT HER FASHION EMPIRE
Jolie also told the paper she "had a bad experience with  Harvey Weinstein  in my youth."
Several other women shared similar expieriences in a shocking exposé by Ronan Farrow for the New Yorker. Farrow detailed  [TGT] 's alleged decades-long history of threatening aspiring actresses and employees if they refused his sexual advances.
Three of the women who spoke with Farrow said  [TGT]raped them  one of which later refused to speak on the record. Four more women said they experienced unwanted touching and four others said  [TGT]masturbated in front of them or exposed  [TGT] .
Current and former Weinstein Company employees admitted to the New Yorker many at the company knew of  Weinstein 's behavior towards women and said some employees acted as "honeypot[s]" to attract women to meetings with  Weinstein  only to leave the women alone with the producer.
One of the more serious allegations comes from Italian actress and director Asia Argento who alleged that  [TGT]forcibly performed oral sex on [TGT].
[TGT] said [TGT] did not come forward earlier out of fear  [TGT]would "crush" [TGT].
Argento said she later had a consensual sexual relationship with  Weinstein  because she felt "obliged."
Another woman  Lucia Evans  alleged  [TGT]forced her to perform oral sex on [TGT] in 2004. Evans was an aspiring actress at the time and had heard rumors about  [TGT] 's behavior but agreed to meet him at Miramax's New York office after she was told a female casting agent would be present.
However  she said she was left alone with  [TGT]."
" [TGT]  forced me to perform oral sex on  [TGT] ...I said  over and over  ‘I don’t want to do this  stop  don’t.'"