Rose McGowan claims Gavin Newsom's wife bribed her to keep quiet about Harvey Weinstein
Actor Rose McGowan appeared alongside California
gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder at a press conference on Sunday, two days
before the state's recall election.
McGowan, a leading figure in the #MeToo movement, accused
the wife of Elder's opponent, Gov. Gavin Newsom, of trying to silence her about
movie producer Harvey Weinstein, The Washington Post's Dave Weigel reported.
In a statement provided to Insider, a spokesperson for
Jennifer Siebel Newsom said McGowan's claim was a "complete
fabrication."
"It's disappointing but not surprising to see political
opponents launch these false attacks just days before the election. Their
limited correspondence has been strictly as fellow survivors of sexual assault
and in Jennifer's former capacity leading the Representation Project, an
organization that fights limiting gender stereotypes and norms," the
statement said.
The spokesperson also noted Jennifer Siebel Newsom came
forward with her own allegations about Weinstein in October 2017 in a piece she
wrote for Huffpost.
McGowan first made the accusation against Jennifer Siebel
Newsom, who married Gavin Newsom in 2008, on Thursday while speaking on The
Rubin Report, a political news talk show.
McGowan said Jennifer Siebel Newsom contacted her in 2017,
about six months before The New York Times published their bombshell report
detailing decades of sexual harassment accusations against Weinstein.
McGowan said Jennifer Siebel Newsom called her on behalf of
Weinstein's lawyer to ask what they could do "to make her happy,"
which she understood to be a bribe offer.
McGowan also shared a Twitter thread on Sunday detailing how
she says her interactions with Jennifer Siebel Newsom unfolded.
At the press conference with Elder, McGowan also said she is
no longer a Democrat, "because everyone who has harassed, stalked, and
stolen from me in my time in Hollywood has been a Democrat," Weigel
reported.
She said she does not agree with Elder, who is a Republican,
on every issue, but that he is a "better candidate" and "better
man" than Gavin Newsom.
She did not make any allegations about Gavin Newsom, who has
a comfortable lead in the polls, during the press conference, according to
Weigel.
McGowan did not immediately respond to Insider's request for
comment.
Elder, a conservative talk radio host who is leading amongst
Newsom's challengers, has a long history of making derogatory comments about
women, CNN reported.
Elder's ex-wife has accused him of domestic violence and
said he pressured her into "unwanted sexual activity," which Elder
has denied. She filed a police report against him late last month after he
publicly denied her claim that he had once brandished a gun at her in 2015.
But the Los Angeles County district attorney said the
statute of limitations had passed and Elder would not be charged, FOX11
reported.
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