Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick denies rape accusation
Actor Ed Westwick has denied claims by an actress that he raped her at his apartment.
Ed Westwick is being investigated by the LAPD after actress Kristina Cohen accused him of raping her at his apartment three years ago.
The Gossip Girl star has denied the accusations.
"I do not know this woman. I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape," he said on Wednesday.
Kristina filed a police report on Tuesday, one day after reliving her "nightmare" in a lengthy Facebook post.
"I was briefly dating a producer who was friends with the actor Ed Westwick. It was this producer who brought me up to Ed’s house where I met Ed for the first time. I wanted to leave when Ed suggested “we should all fuck”. But the producer didn’t want to make Ed feel awkward by leaving. Ed insisted we stay for dinner. I said I was tired and wanted to leave, trying to get out of what was already an uncomfortable situation. Ed suggested I nap in the guest bedroom. The producer said we would stay for just another 20 more minutes to smooth everything over, and then we could leave," she wrote.
Kristina says she lay down in a guest bedroom and eventually fell asleep.
" I was woken up abruptly by Ed on top of me, his fingers entering my body. I told him to stop, but he was strong. I fought him off as hard as I could but he grabbed my face in his hands, shaking me, telling me he wanted to fuck me. I was paralyzed, terrified. I couldn’t speak, I could no longer move. He held me down and raped me," she said on Facebook.
The actress says the producer blamed her for the incident, saying she was an "active participant".
Ed is one of several high-profile figures to be accused of sexual assault, including Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey.
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Read Kristin's full post below.