Lupita Nyong'o Shares Her Harvey Weinstein Experience

The latest actress to come forward with a Harvey Weinstein encounter is Lupita Nyong'o, and its rehashing leaves her feeling "sick in the pit of my stomach." 

In a very detailed New York Times op-ed, the actress perhaps best known for her Oscar-winning performance in 12 Years a Slave recounts first meeting Weinstein at an awards ceremony in 2011, while she was a student at the Yale School of Drama. 

The introduction led Weinstein to invite her to his Connecticut home for a private movie screening with his family, an invitation she accepted. During the screening, however, Weinstein led her into his bedroom and announced he would give her a massage. A panicked Nyong'o said she would instead give him a back massage (she'd been learning massage techniques in school) and proceeded to do so—until he told her he wanted to remove his pants.

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