HUSH MONEY

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.

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“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.

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McGowan, pictured at the Women's Convention in Detroit, claims the movie producer raped herCredit: AP:Associated Press
Actress Rose McGowan, 44, is best-known for her role in CharmedCredit: PA:Press Association
Actress Rose McGowan makes first public appearance since accusing Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of raping her

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.

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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.

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