Weinstein’s lawyers immediately denied the claims: “All of the sexual allegations as portrayed by Salma are not accurate and others who witnessed the events have a different account of what transpired.”

Of course, this was not the first time that Weinstein had issued such a fervent, and specific, denial. In October 2017, Lupita Nyong’o stated that Weinstein sexually harassed her in 2011 when she was still a student at Yale.

“Before long he said that he wanted to take off his pants,” Nyong’o said.

“I told him not to do that and informed him that it would make me extremely uncomfortable. He got up anyway to do so and I headed for the door, saying that I was not at all comfortable with that.”

Weinstein’s lawyers responded: “Mr. Weinstein has a different recollection of the events, but believes Lupita is a brilliant actress and a major force for the industry.

“Last year, she sent a personal invitation to Mr. Weinstein to see her in her Broadway show Eclipsed.”

Now, speaking at Cannes Film Festival’s Women In Motion event, Hayek has said that she believes Weinstein came after her and Nyong’o because they are both women of colour.

Salma Hayek knows exactly why Harvey Weinstein targeted her and Lupita Nyong’o