Kate Beckinsale Opened Up About An Incident With Harvey Weinstein Where He "Screamed" At Her For Wearing A Suit To A Premiere

Beckinsale said Weinstein "screamed" at her after she failed to wear a "tight dress" to the premiere of her 2001 film Serendipity.

Kate Beckinsale has shared her story of being verbally abused by Harvey Weinstein in an Instagram post published hours after he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.

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In the post, Beckinsale said the incident happened the day after the New York premiere for her 2001 film Serendipity, which was distributed by Weinstein's company Miramax.

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She said Weinstein insisted that they hold a premiere in New York despite the fact that it had been less than a month since the 9/11 attacks and the cast felt that the event would be "the most insensitive, tone deaf, disrespectful idea possible".

The next morning, Weinstein suggested they arrange a playdate for their daughters, who were of similar ages.

"I turned up and he immediately called for his nanny to take the babies to another room to play," Beckinsale wrote in her Instagram post.

She continued to say that "the minute the door closed", Weinstein began "screaming" that she had ruined his premiere because she wore a suit instead of a "tight dress".

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"He started screaming, 'You stupid fucking CUNT, you CUNT you ruined my premiere,'" Beckinsale wrote. "I had no idea what he was talking about and started to shake. He said, 'If I am throwing a red carpet you get in a tight dress, you shake your ass you shake your tits you do not go down it looking like a fucking lesbian you stupid fucking cunt.'"

She said she had argued that the cast felt that dressing up for the premiere wasn't appropriate, but Weinstein replied: "I don't care — if I want pussy on the red carpet that’s what I get."

"Hearing that he has gone to prison for 23 years is a huge relief to me on behalf of all the women he sexually assaulted or raped," Beckinsale said.

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She went on: "Having said that, the crimes that are not crimes, the inhumane bullying and sick covert abuse for which there is STILL no recourse no matter who you tell (and I did tell), these too need to go."

Beckinsale's Instagram post comes after several other women in Hollywood posted on social media celebrating Weinstein's sentencing, including actors Mira Sorvino and Rose McGowan, who were among those who accused him.

Mira Sorvino @MiraSorvino

23 years. Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for his crimes of rape and sexual assault. I literally cried tears of amazement, gratitude that the justice system has worked on behalf of all of his victims today.

03:33 PM - 11 Mar 2020

McGowan, who was one of the first to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault and rape in 2017, simply tweeted: "Let us be free."