new York – The sports entrepreneur James Dolan and the film producer Harvey Weinsteinconvicted of sexual abusewere charged this Tuesday in federal court in sex crimes committed a decade ago The angel.
The complainant, Kelly Crofta former masseuse, accuses Dolan – owner of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers and managers of the Madison Square Garden– In 2013, when she was 27 and he was 58, he pressured her into sexual relations in a work settingAccording to the document.
Croft was hired as a masseuse in 2013 for the rock band Eagles' tour, which also featured the band JD & the Straight Shot as the opening act, led by Dolan, also a musician, whom she met when he scheduled her for her first massage .
In a second session and after making it clear to the masseuse that he had used his influence to improve his status on the tour, Dolan made sexual advances toward her and even though she verbally expressed that she didn't want to, he pressured her to have sex afterward, the complaint says.
The businessman “Called to his room several times”made “unwanted advances toward Ms. Croft, and she felt pressured to accept sex with him,” according to the document, which also accuses him of “fraudulently” arranging a date with Weinstein.
The complainant points out that in 2014 in one of the hotels, a tall man in the elevator introduced himself to her as Weinstein, told her that he was a friend of Dolan and that he spoke well about his massages and offered to talk to him about job opportunities . In his bedroom.
Weinstein apparently followed the approach he was accused of in other cases: He suggested that she massage him naked and assured him: “That's how it's done.” Hollywood“, ignored her expressions of discomfort and rejection and resorted to violence, the document says.
The producer, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York and another 16 years in Los Angeles for rape and other sex crimes, followed the complainant into her room and sexually assaulted her. When she complained to Dolan, he didn't even seem surprised.
Croft argues that after Weinstein and Dolan's sexual assaults, which she also accuses her of, she ultimately gave up the massage profession because she suffered from depression and substance abuse “Sex trafficking“.
Representatives for Dolan and Weinstein denied the allegations in separate statements to the media and said they would take action against the complainant.