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More Women Allege Misconduct By Harvey Weinstein, Including Sexual Assault

The New Yorker spoke with 13 women who said they were sexually harassed or assaulted by the film executive, who was fired on Sunday. Three women said Weinstein had raped them.

Editor's note: This story includes explicit language describing alleged sexual assaults.

New allegations against the film executive Harvey Weinstein emerged Tuesday, including multiple instances of sexual assault and a recording by New York City police in which he admits to groping a woman.

The details were published in The New, the result of a ten-month investigation by reporter Ronan Farrow. In the course of his investigation, Farrow says he was told by 13 women that Weinstein had sexually harassed and assaulted them – allegations that add to last week in that Weinstein had paid off accusers for decades.

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