Paris Hilton Claims Harvey Weinstein Followed Her Into A Bathroom As A Teen: ‘He Was Just Like That’

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Paris Hilton is revealing her experience with Harvey Weinstein. The famed Hollywood film producer was just sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted of three counts of rape and sexual assault while already serving a 23-year sentence from 2020.

The trials came about as numerous accusers stepped forward, included famed celebrities. Speaking with Glamour UK, Hilton admitted she had a run-in with the producer as well when she was 19.

While at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to attend the annual amfAR gala for AIDS research, she met the host, Weinstein, the day before. READ MORE: Paris Hilton Would Have Used A Surrogate Even If She Were 20: ‘I’m Just So Scared Of Childbirth’ “I was at lunch with my girlfriend and he came up to the table and was like, ‘Oh, you want to be an actress?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I really want to be in a movie,’” the 42-year-old recalled. “I was a teenager, so I was impressed by him.

I was like, ‘Oh my god, Harvey Weinstein is so cool!’ and he said, ‘Well, we should have a meeting. You can come up to my room and read scripts’… and I just didn’t want to go, so I never went.” She claimed the next day when she saw him again, he became aggressive and followed her into the bathroom, yelling, “Ya wanna be a star?” “I went into the bathroom and then he followed me,” Hilton said. “He tried to open the door, he was hammering on the door, banging on it.