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Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein on Friday was hit with a lawsuit from an actress, who claims that the producer sexually harassed and threatened to harm her career if she objected to his advances, according to a report in Variety.

The report states, that according to the suit, Weinstein pushed her to the ground during a meeting in his office in 2013. Weinstein said he was trying to help her and that he was the gateway to her dreams, according to the suit, adding, “I slept with Jennifer Lawrence and look where she is; she has just won an Oscar.”

Lawrence issued a statement on Friday denying that they had a relationship.

“My heart breaks for all the women who were victimized by Harvey Weinstein,” Lawrence said. “I have never had anything but a professional relationship with him. This is yet another example of the predatory tactics and lies that he engaged in to lure countless women.”

Lawrence issued a statement denying that they had an intimate relationship

The plaintiff, identified in the suit only as Jane Doe, said she first met Weinstein at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. She said she went to his suite at the Waldorf Astoria Park City, where Weinstein barged in on her while she was using the bathroom.

Weinstein’s attorneys have repeatedly denied that he engaged in non-consensual sex, and alleged that his accusers are lying about consensual relations. Weinstein’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Published in Daily Times, December 16^th 2018.