At the height of Sex Predator-gate 2017, a woman named Kristina Cohen came forward with her story: Cohen claimed that in 2014, Ed Westwick raped her in his home when she went there with her then-boyfriend for dinner. She became mysteriously tired during the meal – a meal in which Westwick suggested that they all have sex and she refused – and she went to take a nap in a guest room. She was woken up by Westwick as he assaulted her and then raped her. A few days after Cohen told her story, a second woman named Aurélie Wynn told her #MeToo story about Westwick – once again, she was at his home at some kind of party, became mysteriously tired and went to a guest room to take a nap and she was awakened by Westwick on top of her, assaulting and raping her. Wynn’s story also took place in 2014.

And then another week went by and a third woman came forward. Rachel Eck was dating a producer – Kaine Harling, the same producer in Cohen’s story – and he invited her to a private dinner/party at a hotel one night. She was weirded out by the surroundings and the fact that it was just her, Kaine and Westwick – and she repeatedly tried to leave, but Westwick kept grabbing her and trying to kiss her and touch her. After a two-week period where three women accused Westwick of assault and rape, his TV projects were put on hold indefinitely and he continued to issue a series of oddly-worded denials. I had the feeling that we weren’t done hearing about Westwick though. And sure enough… ugh, this story:

Ed Westwick is at the center of a lawsuit — though not named as a defendant — by a woman claiming he held her hostage as a sex slave for 48 hours. Sources connected with Westwick tell TMZ the woman is delusional and was trying to get her story out in the media but couldn’t because media outlets determined she was lying.

Haley Camille Freedman claims in a new lawsuit she went to Westwick’s home in 2014 with a group of people and hung out for a while until everyone left but her. She says she and Westwick began having sex, but then things turned dark when he asked her to strangle him, slap him and spit on him. She says, when she refused, he did those things to her. She claims after the encounter she fell asleep and stayed the night and in the morning she was taking a shower when she says Westwick entered the shower and became sexual with her again, against her will.

Freedman claims in the lawsuit she was out of it and ended up staying for 2 days. She says she was stranded at his L.A. home, didn’t know where she was and didn’t have cell service. She claims he told her he would drive her to her car, but delayed so he could continue having sex with her. She says she suffered bruising, bleeding and internal tears.

She is NOT suing Westwick. Freedman, an aspiring stylist, is going after former business partners whom she says cut her off because she wanted to go public with the allegations. She says she did an interview with a media outlet about her allegations but Westwick’s team killed it. She says the media outlet got text messages that she says misrepresented her as “unstable, disturbed, jealous and promiscuous.” She also says Westwick threatened to sue her, claiming he had proof she was lying because he had relatives in town visiting his house at the time she claims she was being held captive.

[From TMZ]

What’s crazy is that if Haley Camille Freedman had been the first woman to say something about Westwick, many of us would have dismissed her story or nitpicked her story. I know I would have second-guessed her if her story was the first time I ever heard of anything sketchy about Westwick. But now that she’s the fourth woman chronologically to say something publicly about Westwick, and considering how her story matches up with Cohen and Wynn’s stories… my God. Westwick rented a house in LA that he used as some kind of rape compound. He drugged women with some kind of mild-to-strong sedative and then kept them trapped on his property (Wynn said the property was like a maze) for various lengths of time. What kind of sick freak is Ed Westwick? Ugh. I hope all of these women get some kind of justice, and not just the bulls–t “well, some of his projects were canceled” justice. Last fall, the LAPD opened up at least one investigation into his behavior. I’m hoping something comes of all of this, like criminal charges.

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