She recalled once sitting at a table with a few other actresses in the late-1990s and Weinstein walked by. And who was I to tell?'Īt the time, Judd said, she didn't feel powerful enough to come forward. ‘I wish I could prevent it for anyone always.' And, no, I don't know that I would have been believed. 'And if I could go back retrospectively with a magic wand and say. She said she also told agents and others who worked in Hollywood, but no action was taken. 'And finally I just said, 'When I win an Oscar in one of your movies, OK?' And he was like, 'Yeah, when you get nominated.' I said, 'No, when I win an Oscar.' And then I just fled.''Īfter she left Weinstein's hotel room, Judd said she told her parents some details about what had happened said they could see she was visibly shaken. 'He kept coming back at me with all this other stuff,' she said. Judd’s coming forward helped spark a conversation and an online campaign called, #MeToo, in which people used the hashtag to reveal they had been victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment, was shared millions of times on social media.Įxasperated, Judd said she offered a sort of deal to Weinstein to get him to back off so she could leave. Nearly 20 women allege the misconduct occurred in the late ‘90s around the same time Judd said she had an inappropriate encounter with him. Judd, 49, is one of more than 60 women who have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the movie mogul. “And they put their toxic shame onto their victims, which we then internalize and carry around with us.” “Perpetrators are shameless,” Ashley Judd said. Judd said she also talked with her parents about going forward, and she said her mother, singer Naomi Judd, told her to “go get him.” “I made the most important decision I'll ever make years ago, which is to turn my will and my life over to the care of a loving God, and it was like, ‘I'm so taken care of. 'I'm very blessed to be here,' Judd told Sawyer in her first television interview about her Weinstein allegations. — - When actress and activist Ashley Judd was debating whether to come forward with allegations that movie producer Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed her, she had no idea whether anyone would care about or believe her accusations or similar ones from dozens of other women.

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