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Agence France-Presse

Quentin Tarantino has admitted knowing for decades about Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct, confessing in an interview to feeling ashamed that he did not stop working with the mogul.
The explosive admission to The New York Times came with allegations of assault and harassment mounting against the disgraced Hollywood tycoon and as Los Angeles police announced they were investigating a sixth sex attack allegation.
Los Angeles police investigate Weinstein over 2013 assault claim, with probes in London and New York already underway
“I knew enough to do more than I did,” Oscar-winning Tarantino, 54, told the paper of his friend and mentor, citing several episodes involving prominent actresses.
“There was more to it than just the normal rumours, the normal gossip. It wasn’t second-hand. I knew he did a couple of these things.”


Weinstein, 65, is accused of decades of sexual abuse and harassment by around 40 actresses, including stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Mira Sorvino, Tarantino’s ex-girlfriend.
The veteran producer, who resigned from the board of The Weinstein Company this week, having already been sacked as its co-chairman, has so far denied all allegations of forcing himself on his accusers.
Tarantino said in the Times interview that he had heard about Weinstein’s behaviour long before investigations by that paper and The New Yorker which prompted a flood of further allegations.
“I wish I had taken responsibility for what I heard. If I had done the work I should have done then, I would have had to not work with him,” Tarantino said.
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Sorvino, who dated the director in the mid-1990s, told him Weinstein had made unwanted advances, while another actress made similar allegations years later that Tarantino also knew about, according to the Times.

The director said he was also aware that Weinstein had settled with the actress Rose McGowan.
“What I did was marginalise the incidents,” Tarantino said, admitting that he had dismissed them as “mild misbehaviour”.
“Anything I say now will sound like a crappy excuse,” added the filmmaker, who won best screenplay Oscars for black comedy western Django Unchained in 2013 and cult favourite Pulp Fiction in 1995.
Weinstein and Tarantino have worked closely for decades since the producer distributed Reservoir Dogs, in 1992.
The pair also collaborated on Pulp Fiction, the Kill Bill films, Inglourious Basterds and The Hateful Eight .
Quentin Tarantino, self-proclaimed ‘student of Hong Kong cinema’, talks the making of The Hateful Eight
The Los Angeles Police Department meanwhile said detectives had interviewed a “potential sexual assault victim involving Weinstein” which allegedly occurred in 2013.
An Italian model-actress, who was 34 at the time, met officers for more than two hours on Thursday to offer a detailed account of her allegations against Weinstein, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The opening of a probe in LA follows two sex crime investigations launched by police in New York, with London’s Metropolitan Police also pursuing allegations made by three women.
The new case takes Weinstein’s potential legal woes to a new level as it falls within the 10-year statute of limitations for the crime that existed at the time of the alleged incident, according to the Los Angeles Times. Until now, most of the accusations Weinstein faced were more than a decade old.

The woman, who has asked not to be named, fearing reprisals, told the Times the incident occurred at the Mr. C Beverly Hills hotel after she attended the 8th annual Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest in February 2013.
‘He left the room and came back naked’: Australian model joins long list of women to accuse Weinstein of harassment
He showed up “without warning” in the lobby and asked to come up to her room, she told the Times. She said she offered instead to meet him downstairs, but added that he was soon knocking on her door.
“He … bullied his way into my hotel room, saying, ‘I’m not going to [have sex with] you, I just want to talk,’” the mother-of-three is quoted as telling the Times.
“Once inside, he asked me questions about myself, but soon became very aggressive and demanding and kept asking to see me naked. He grabbed me by the hair and forced me to do something I did not want to do. He then dragged me to the bathroom and forcibly raped me.”
She said she was too afraid to report Weinstein, instead telling a priest, a friend and a nanny what had happened, but decided to come forward at the request of her children.


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‘It wasn’t second-hand’: filmmaker aware for decades of sexual misconduct by Hollywood super-producer, and ashamed he continued to work with Weinstein

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, actress Rose McGowan arrives at a premiere of "When In Rome" in Los Angeles. In 1997, McGowan, then 23, reached a financial settlement with Harvey Weinstein after an incident in a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, according to a legal document reviewed by The New York Times. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 10, 2017 shows Vanguard Award recipient Quentin Tarantino speaking onstage at Sundance NEXT FEST After Dark at The Theater at The Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Quentin Tarantino admitted knowing for decades about Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct, confessing in an interview published on October 19, 2017 to feeling ashamed that he did not stop working with the mogul. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Matt Winkelmeyer

FILE - In this March 25, 1996 file photo, actress Mira Sorvino holds her Oscar for best supporting actress for "Mighty Aphrodite" backstage at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Sorvino claims in New Yorker magazine that in September 1995, while attending the Toronto International Film Festival to promote a Miramax movie, she met with producer Harvey Weinstein at his hotel room. He massaged her shoulders and chased her around. Weeks later, when Weinstein showed up at her New York apartment after midnight, she convinced him to leave by telling him her boyfriend was coming over. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Harvey Weinstein with his wife, fashion designer Georgina Chapman, who has left him in the wake of the sexual assault allegations against her husband. Photo: AP

Tarantino takes on Charles Manson murders in next movie, reports say, and wants Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt to star in it

Filmmaker putting finishes touches to script and will offer a ‘unique take’ on the grisly 1969 killings of Sharon Tate and four others, reports say

FILE- In this May 23, 2012 file photo, Brad Pitt poses for portraits for the film Killing Them Softly, during the 65th Film Festival in Cannes, France. Pitt is now on China's version of Twitter, and his mysterious first tweet has drawn thousands of comments. The actor's verified Sina Weibo account sent the message Monday, Jan. 7, 2013: "It is the truth. Yup, I'm coming." That was forwarded more than 31,000 times and netted over 14,000 comments, many expressing surprise. He gathered more than 100,000 followers. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

This undated publicity image released by The Weinstein Company shows, from left, Christoph Waltz as Schultz and Jamie Foxx as Django in the film "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for best drama on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Cooper, SMPSP)

Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bruce Dern in "The Hateful Eight." (Photo courtesy The Weinstein Company/TNS)

Picture for Features, Listings. Steve Buscemi and Harvey Keitel in Reservoir Dogs(1992) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. * photos should only be used in conjunction with the above event * Reservoir Dogs A group of criminals who have banded together begin to suspect each other of being a mole, after jewellery heist goes terribly wrong. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn and Michael Madsen. In English with English subtitles. Apr 20, 8pm, HK Film Archive

D21DXD Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the 18th Annual Critics Choice film Awards in Santa Monica, California, USA, on January 10th 2013

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Quentin Tarantino will have a unique take on the Manson murders, according to Hollywood Reporter. Photo: Reuters

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