Harvey Weinstein had eyes on Aishwariya as well

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's former talent manager claimed that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein wanted to meet the actor alone, reports India Today. Aishwarya and Weinstein have met several times in the past, during amfAR Gala and the Cannes International Film Festival. The former beauty queen and actress' talent manager Simone Sheffield wrote on Variety.com: "I use to manage Indian actress Aishwarya Rai. While dealing with Harvey, I found it comical how hard he tried to get Aishwarya alone. But he was a pig, looked and acted like a big bully pig. He asked me to leave the meeting numerous times and I politely declined. When we were leaving his office, he cornered me and said, 'What do I have to do to get her alone?' I told him to kiss my black ass." She added: "When Ash and I returned to our hotel, I sent Harvey a steel pig trough filled with diet coke as a thank you gift for the meeting. Yes, we did do business and yes, he eventually threatened me. Told me I'd never work in this business. What I said to him, I can't print. But you can be sure, I never gave him the opportunity to even breathe on my client." According to the Hindustan Times, Weinstein has been blamed by multiple women of sexually harassing them over a period of nearly three decades. He was fired from the film company he co-founded after a New York Times investigation detailed numerous incidents of alleged sexual harassment by the media mogul. The remaining board of directors at The Weinstein Company said on Sunday night that the decision was made "in light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days," reports CNN. Weinstein's brother Robert was one of the board members who made the decision.