Ashley Judd’s Sex Harassment Claim Against Harvey Weinstein Is Revived

  • Appeals court reinstates Judd’s claim against movie mogul
  • Actress says Weinstein demanded massage at meeting in hotel
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Actress Ashley Judd persuaded a federal appeals court to let her proceed with a sexual-harassment claim against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who she said sabotaged her career after she rejected his advances.

The allegation stems from an episode at a Beverly Hills hotel about two decades ago, where Judd says she met the bathrobe-clothed Weinstein in a private room under the pretext of a breakfast meeting. The actress claims she only managed to escape the room after promising he could “touch her” when she won an Academy Award in one of his movies.