Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl fame denies rape allegation

“I was paralysed, terrified. I couldn’t speak, I could no longer move. He held me down and raped me,” Cohen wrote. The “Ladies Like Us” actor said the producer she went with, put the blame on her, “telling me I was an active participant. Telling me that I can’t say anything because Ed will have people come after me, destroy me, and that I could forget about an acting career.”

“… I now realise the ways in which these men in power prey on women, and how this tactic is used so frequently in our industry, and surely, in many others,” she added. Cohen said she feels “sickened” to see “men like Ed respected in such a public way.” The actor said she hopes her coming forward will help others to know they are not alone and are not to blame. “Just as the other women and men coming forward have helped me to realise the same. I hope that my stories and the stories of others help to reset and realign the toxic environments and power imbalances that have created these monsters,” she wrote.

In response to these allegations, Ed Westwick tweeted, “I do not know this woman. I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape.”

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— Ed Westwick (@EdWestwick) November 7, 2017

Ed Westwick was last seen in the Netflix series, White Gold.

(With inputs from PTI)