Kenya: Lupita Nyong'o Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment

20 October 2017

Hollywood star Lupita Nyong'o has become the latest woman to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, giving an account of how the film mogul offered to exchange sex for help with her career.

In an op-ed in the New York Times, the 34-year-old, who won an Oscar for her performance in '12 Years a Slave', detailed several explicit passes Mr Weinstein tried to foist on her when she was a student actor at Yale School of Drama.

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