The New York Police Department confirmed to BuzzFeed News that a complaint was made against the famous producer.
Harvey Weinstein in 2014.
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Harvey Weinstein is under investigation for allegedly groping a woman Friday night in New York City, a spokesman for the New York Police Department confirmed Monday to BuzzFeed News.
A complaint against Weinstein has been filed, police said, and the investigation is ongoing. The NYPD referred BuzzFeed News to the Manhattan District Attorney's office, which declined to comment.
The allegation was first reported by the New York Daily News , which identified the woman who made the report against Weinstein as 22 and Italian. The woman — who "didn't know who he was until he approached her" — reportedly told police Weinstein "touched her private area and her breasts."
According to The Hollywood Reporter , the woman made her report at 8:30 p.m. on March 27, "roughly two hours after the alleged incident." The NYPD declined to confirm these details.
A spokesperson for The Weinstein Company didn't immediately return a request for comment.
According to reports, the incident occurred at Tribeca Film Center in Manhattan. But a woman who answered the phone at the venue Monday said she didn't know of any events held at Tribeca Film Center on the night in question. The nearby Tribeca Cinemas was hosting the Colombian Film Festival from March 24 to March 29, and according to a report on the festival by Colombian newspaper El Tiempo , The Weinstein Company was present at the festival and met with some of the filmmakers. But the festival director told BuzzFeed News that this was just "gossip."
"Unfortunately that's not true," Juan Carvajal said in an email, "No one of the Weinstein company went to our festival." A representative for Tribeca Cinemas also said Harvey Weinstein wasn't at the theater Friday night.
Should charges be brought against Weinstein, groping is considered a misdemeanor.
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