Rowena Chiu: ‘The Harvey Weinstein survivors we know about are the tip of the iceberg’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I also didn’t know which way public opinion was going to go.” It wasn’t until two years later that Chiu, now 45, would come forward with her allegation in an op-ed for The New York Times, prompting a vehement denial from Weinstein, who claims he and Chiu had a consensual six-month-long relationship. Chiu disputes this: “I didn’t even work for him for six months.” We are speaking because Chiu features in a new US documentary, Harvey Weinstein, made by ITN for the Investigation Discovery network that includes interviews with several women who have made allegations against the disgraced producer, including the actor Rosanna Arquette. “That’s how our working hours were structured.” Prior to the alleged assault, did Weinstein say anything to make Chiu feel safe in that environment? “There wasn’t any time he wasn’t trying to harass you.” Chiu was with Weinstein the evening prior to the alleged assault, she tells me.