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Article snippet: The Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein faces a series of previously undisclosed allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted physical contact stretching back nearly three decades, according to a New York Times investigation published on Thursday afternoon. Over that span, Mr. Weinstein has reached at least eight settlements with women, including actresses and assistants, according to two company officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Soon after the article was published, Lena Dunham, the actress, applauded the women who spoke out publicly for coming forward. The women “who chose to speak about their experience of harassment by Harvey Weinstein deserve our awe,” she said. “It’s not fun or easy. It’s brave.” The actress Amber Tamblyn, who addressed her own experience with sexual harassment in an Op-Ed article in The Times last month, also praised the women for coming forward. Rose McGowan, one of the actresses who settled with Mr. Weinstein, offered words of encouragement on Twitter for women to speak out and men to support them. “Women fight on,” she wrote on Twitter. “And to the men out there, stand up. We need you as allies.” Here are a few of the women whom Mr. Weinstein is accused of harassing: Shortly after meeting with Mr. Weinstein in 2015, Ms. Battilana, an Italian model and aspiring actress, called the police in New York City, telling them that he had grabbed her breasts and put his hands up her skirt, according to a police report. The Manha... Link to the full article to read more