Lena Headey, star of Game of Thrones, has claimed that Harvey Weinstein angrily escorted her from a hotel after she turned down his advances.
In a series of tweets, the British actress described their encounters, claiming that the Hollywood mogul made "suggestive" remarks to her and got angry when she turned down his advances.
It coincides with Weinstein's resignation from The Weinstein Company's board of directors, the film production company he co-founded in 2005.
According to reports, the 65-year-old controls about 20% of the business, which is in discussions with Colony Capital about a possible takeover.
Headey, who plays Cersei Lannister, said she first met Weinstein at the Venice Film Festival.
She wrote:
"Harvey asked me to take a walk down to the water, I walked down with him and he stopped and made some suggestive comment, a gesture, I just laughed it off, I was genuinely shocked.
"I said something like, oh come on mate?! It'd be like kissing my dad!"
Headey said in another meeting at a Los Angeles hotel about potential work, the pair talked about films before the producer turned his attention to the "state of my love life".
"I shifted the conversation back to something less personal," Headey wrote.
She claimed Harvey Weinstein then asked her up to his room to give her a film script.
"We walked to the lift and the energy shifted, my whole body went into high alert, the lift was going up and I said to Harvey, I'm not interested in anything other than work, please don't think I got in here with you for any other reason, nothing is going to happen," said Headey.
"I had such a strong sense of don't come near me."
The actress said Weinstein was "silent" and "furious" as they walked towards his room.
She said: "His hand was on my back, he was marching me forward, not a word, I felt completely powerless, he tried his key card and it didn't work, then he got really angry.
"He walked me back to the lift, through the hotel to the valet, by grabbing and holding tightly to the back of my arm, he paid for my car and whispered in my ear, don't tell anyone about this, not your manager, not your agent.
"I got into my car and I cried."
A series of women - including Gwyneth Paltrow, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Judd - have accused Weinstein of sexual harassment.
The producer has "unequivocally denied" the claims against him.
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