Cara Delevingne has joined a growing list of women to share their stories of alleged harassment involving Harvey Weinstein.
Her statement comes one day after several women, including Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, came forward to provide more details about Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment in the wake of reports in the New York Times and the New Yorker. Weinstein has been fired by the Weinstein Company board but has denied the allegations of non-consensual sex.
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On Wednesday, Delevingne recalled when she first started in the film industry she had received a call from Weinstein and he asked her if she slept with any of the women she had been seen with in the media.
“When I first started to work as an actress,” she wrote in an Instagram post, “I was working on a film and I received a call from Harvey Weinstein asking if I had slept with any of the women I was seen out with in the media. It was a very off and uncomfortable call… I answered none of his questions and hurried off the phone but before I hung up, he said to me that if I was gay or decided to be with a woman especially in public that I’d never get the role of a straight woman or make it as an actress in Hollywood.”
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The actress continued: “A year or two later, I went to a meeting with him in the lobby of a hotel with a director about an upcoming film. The director left the meeting and Harvey asked me to stay and chat with him. As soon as we were alone he began to brag about all the actresses he had slept with and how he had made their careers and spoke about other inappropriate things of a sexual nature.”
Delevingne said that Weinstein tried to kiss her on the lips as he blocked the hotel room door when she tried to leave, but she managed to stop him.
“He then invited me to his room. I quickly declined and asked his assistant if my car was outside. She said it wasn’t and wouldn’t be for a bit and I should go to his room. At that moment I felt very powerless and scared but didn’t want to act that way hoping that I was wrong about the situation,” she wrote.
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“When I arrived I was relieved to find another woman in his room and thought immediately I was safe. He asked us to kiss and she began some sort of advances upon his direction. I swiftly got up and asked him if he knew that I could sing. And I began to sing… I thought it would make the situation better… more professional… like an audition… I was so nervous,” Delevigne continued.
“After singing I said again that I had to leave. He walked me to the door and stood in front of it and tried to kiss me on the lips. I stopped him and managed to get out of the room.”
She concluded: “I still got the part for the film and always thought that he gave it to me because of what happened. Since then I felt awful that I did the movie. I felt like I didn’t deserve the part. I was so hesitant about speaking out… I didn’t want to hurt his family. I felt guilty as if I did something wrong. I was also terrified that this sort of thing had happened to so many women I know but no one had said anything because of fear.”
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Delevingne starred in the film Tulip Fever, which Weinstein produced, but it remains unclear if that’s the movie she is referencing in her statement.
In another post, the actresses added, “I want women and girls to know that being harassed or abused or raped is NEVER their fault and not talking about it will always cause more damage than speaking the truth.”
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“I am relieved to be able to share this… I actually feel better and I’m proud of the women who are brave enough to speak… this isn’t easy but there are strength in our numbers,” she wrote. “As I said, this is only the beginning. In every industry and especially in Hollywood, men abuse their power using fear and get away with it.”
“This must stop. The more we talk about it, the less power we give them. I urge you all to talk and to the people who defend these men, you are part of the problem.”