“Harvey Weinstein has faced allegations of sexual misconduct from more than 100 people (Picture: David ‘Dee’ Delgado-Pool/Getty Images) Actress Julia Ormond has been paid $5.75 million (£4.32million) by the Walt Disney Co after alleging she was assaulted by Harvey Weinstein. The company, which owned Weinstein’s company Miramax, paid the Legends of the Fall actor, 60”, — write: metro.co.uk
Harvey Weinstein has faced allegations of sexual misconduct from more than 100 people (Picture: David ‘Dee’ Delgado-Pool/Getty Images) Actress Julia Ormond has been paid $5.75 million (£4.32million) by the Walt Disney Co after alleging she was assaulted by Harvey Weinstein.
The company, which owned Weinstein’s company Miramax, paid the Legends of the Fall actor, 60, in an out-of-court settlement per court documents.
She sued Disney and Miramax as well as her former agents at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), accusing Disney of ‘negligent supervision and retention’ of Weinstein.
Ormond has also accused CAA of failing to protect her from abuse, with them denying the claims.
In the suit, according to the Daily Mail, she claims that she met Weinstein in New York in 1995 for dinner and to discuss plans to make a film about Beryl Markham, which never came to be made.
Ormond alleges that after the meeting, set up by CAA, Weinstein insisted on continuing the discussions at her apartment in Manhattan.
Julia Ormond accused the disgraced film producer of assaulting her in 1995 (Picture: Venturelli/Getty Images) 
The actor also accuses Disney of ‘negligent supervision and retention’ of Weinstein (Picture: STEVEN HIRSCH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) She claims that she was so ‘inebriated’ at the apartment that she could not put her keys in the door, and that Weinstein ‘stripped her naked’ and climbed on top of her.
The court documents continue to say that Weinstein forced her to give him a massage, masturbated, and forced Ormond to ‘perform oral sex on him.’
In the previous year, Ormond claims that Weinstein offered to be a ‘sperm donor’ for her and described his behaviour as ‘relentless sexual harassment.’
Ormond said the assault was ‘catastrophic both personally and professionally’ due to Weinstein’s influence in the world of film.
The court documents contain excerpts from a memoir that Ormond began writing in 2017, in which she says: ‘I vaguely remember in London before ever getting to New York, him emerging in a dressing gown… I think he barked at staff who had then left… I think I fairly flatly turned down or laughed off an invite to watch him shower.’
After the alleged assault, she wrote that she felt she had ‘done something really stupid with Harvey’ and that she complained to her agents at CAA.
Ormond alleges that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him (Picture: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) 
She also claims Weinstein offered to be a sperm donor for her (Picture: Jag Gundu/Getty Images) Disney and its subsidiary Miramax settled with Ormond on March 31, paying her $5.75m, but said the payment is not an admission of wrongdoing.
Ormond’s legal battle with CAA continues, with boss Bryan Lourd denying her accusations and knowing that Weinstein had ever sexually assaulted anybody.
CAA has said the suit is ‘baseless’ and that an internal review found nothing to support Ormond’s claims.
It comes after a judge declared a mistrial on the third-degree rape count in Harvey Weinstein’s ongoing sexual assault trial, after drama with the jury.
The disgraced film mogul was initially convicted of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree in February 2020.
However, his 23-year sentence was overturned last year, sparking a three-week retrial in New York.
Disney has paid Ormond $5.75m in an out-of-court settlement (Picture: Stefan Jeremiah/UPI/Shutterstock) After a second round of hearings, the 73-year-old was convicted of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley in June and acquitted of a second charge stemming from sexual assault accusations made by Kaja Sokola.
The jury struggled to reach a unanimous verdict on a third count involving Jessica Mann and, after further deliberations failed, Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial.
Prosecutors are now said to be planning to retry Weinstein on the rape charge, stemming from Mann’s accusations.
Weinstein has been at the centre of rape or sexual misconduct allegations from more than 100 people, with some claims dating back to the 1970s.
The allegations sparked the Me Too movement, which highlighted sexual violence in the film industry, as well as worldwide.
Metro has contracted representatives for Julia Ormond, Harvey Weinstein, Disney, and Miramax for comment.
Got a story?
If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
Arrow MORE: Liam Neeson takes a cheeky swipe at Pedro Pascal after his insanely busy summer
Arrow MORE: Justin Trudeau takes major step in Katy Perry ‘romance’ with concert date
Arrow MORE: Foo Fighters’ new drummer revealed after band member’s firing and death of Taylor Hawkins
