Harvey Weinstein ‘recently offered Rose McGowan £750,000 to stay quiet about sex attack allegations’
ROSE McGowan says she was recently offered £750,000 ($1million) to stay silent over her sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
The hush-money was offered by an associate of the disgraced filmmaker in exchange for the actress – one of Weinstein’s most vocal accusers – signing a nondisclosure agreement.
“I had all these people I’m paying telling me to take it so that I could fund my art,” said McGowan, 44, who no longer acts.
McGowan, who starred in the Weinstein-produced horror classic “Scream,” made a counteroffer of £4.5 million, which she eventually retracted, reports the .
“I figured I could probably have gotten him up to three (million US dollars). But I was like — ew, gross, you’re disgusting, I don’t want your money, that would make me feel disgusting,” said McGowan.
In 1997, the “Charmed” actress reached a £75,000 settlement with Weinstein, whom she’s publicly accused of raping her in a hotel room.
But the brave Grindhouse star said she learned this summer that that agreement never included a confidentiality clause.
Weinstein’s latest offer to McGowan came in the days before multiple women accused Weinstein of decades of sexual harassment and abuse in a bombshell report published on October 5 by the Times.
She told her lawyer to pull the offer within a day of the story running.
A spokeswoman for Weinstein has said he “unequivocally denies any allegations of non-consensual sex.”
Earlier this month, McGowan says the Oscar-winning producer's former lawyer offered her £4.5million to say "Harvey's changed".
The actress has accused lawyer Lisa Bloom of approaching her publisher and offering her money in exchange for public support for Weinstein.
Bloom had represented Weinstein before resigning on October 7 after the scandal broke.
on Saturday night, McGowan revealed she did not sign a non-disclosure agreement after reaching a settlement with the Hollywood mogul for £75,000 after she claims he raped her at a hotel room in 1997 during the Sundance Film Festival.
She wrote:"You know what is truth, Lisa? I feel like people should know that you've been calling my literary agent and saying there'd be money for me if I got on the 'Harvey's Changed' bandwagon?
"You told her that I should care about HIS reputation. How HE has a family now and how HE has changed.
"Well, guess what? I've always had a family and that didn't stop him from assaulting me."
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