Director accused of sex assault was ‘my Harvey Weinstein’

An actress who claims she was sexually assaulted by a BAFTA nominated director told a friend he had been ‘her Harvey Weinstein’. Stephen Fingleton, 35, allegedly attacked the woman after meeting her at a British Film Institute event in Leicester Square in October 2017, Isleworth Crown Court was told. ‘She had invited him to her home for lunch to discuss the possibility that she might be cast in one of his films,’ said prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward. ‘During that meeting, he…