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Gwyneth Paltrow says she had her daughter’s future in mind when she agreed to go on the public record about Harvey Weinstein sexually harassing her.
“I think it’s incredible what’s happening,” Paltrow told CNBC in a new interview.
“This is long overdue. There’s been this incredible confluence of events that’s really led to women coming together and feeling safe in numbers to come forward and talk about their experiences across all different industries.
“It’s my hope that this is the beginning of something important and different and that my daughter, when she goes into the workplace, won’t experience what … millions of other women have had to endure,” she said.
“And so it feels important, and I’m happy that I have played a small part in it.”
It comes as the disgraced producer could face arrest in New York City.
The NYPD announced on Friday local time that they have a credible rape allegation against Weinstein, and are gathering evidence for possible arrest.
The potential arrest is based on the allegation by actress Paz de la Huerta, who claims Weinstein sexually assaulted her several times in NYC in 2006.
“I was so terrified of him” she told Vanity Fair.
“I did say no, and when he was on top of me I said, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ He kept humping me and it was disgusting. He’s like a pig. … He raped me.”
“I believe based on my interviews with Paz that from the NYPD standpoint we have enough to make an arrest,” detective Nicholas DiGaudio told AP.
Weinstein is also being investigated by the LAPD and Scotland Yard after more than 100 women have accused him of various offences including harassment and rape.
