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| UK police investigating Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein are looking at allegations of sexual assault against two more women, it has emerged. | UK police investigating Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein are looking at allegations of sexual assault against two more women, it has emerged. |
| The alleged offences, reported to police in October and November, took place in the Republic of Ireland in 1991, Westminster in 2011 and abroad in 2010, the Metropolitan Police said. | |
| These bring the number of women making accusations to the Met to nine. | |
| Mr Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. | Mr Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. |
| On 31 October a woman told UK police that she had been assaulted by Mr Weinstein in the Republic of Ireland. | On 31 October a woman told UK police that she had been assaulted by Mr Weinstein in the Republic of Ireland. |
| This allegation has been passed on to Garda Síochána - the Irish police force. | This allegation has been passed on to Garda Síochána - the Irish police force. |
| On 13 November a ninth alleged victim told police she had been attacked in Westminster in 2011 and a location outside the UK in 2010. | On 13 November a ninth alleged victim told police she had been attacked in Westminster in 2011 and a location outside the UK in 2010. |
| Scotland Yard says the allegation will be passed to the relevant force. | Scotland Yard says the allegation will be passed to the relevant force. |
| This comes on the same day that actress Uma Thurman alleged that Mr Weinstein assaulted her in a London hotel room after the success of the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. | This comes on the same day that actress Uma Thurman alleged that Mr Weinstein assaulted her in a London hotel room after the success of the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. |
| In a New York Times article, she says Weinstein pushed her down and "tried to expose himself" before she managed to "wriggle away". | In a New York Times article, she says Weinstein pushed her down and "tried to expose himself" before she managed to "wriggle away". |
| "He did all kinds of unpleasant things," she says. | "He did all kinds of unpleasant things," she says. |
| "But he didn't actually put his back into it and force me. You're like an animal wriggling away, like a lizard." | "But he didn't actually put his back into it and force me. You're like an animal wriggling away, like a lizard." |
| A spokeswoman for Harvey Weinstein - who is in rehab - said: "Mr Weinstein acknowledges making an awkward pass 25 years ago at Ms Thurman in England after misreading her signals, after a flirtatious exchange in Paris, for which he immediately apologised and deeply regrets. | A spokeswoman for Harvey Weinstein - who is in rehab - said: "Mr Weinstein acknowledges making an awkward pass 25 years ago at Ms Thurman in England after misreading her signals, after a flirtatious exchange in Paris, for which he immediately apologised and deeply regrets. |
| "However, her claims about being physically assaulted are untrue. And this is the first time we have heard those details." | "However, her claims about being physically assaulted are untrue. And this is the first time we have heard those details." |