Dozens of celebs tell stories of assault and harassment — and some are naming names

The number of people accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and assault keeps growing, and women in Hollywood say that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Inspired by a social media campaign started by actor Alyssa Milano Sunday night, dozens of celebrities are coming forward with stories of their own — and in some cases, they’re naming names.

It’s been almost two weeks since the New York Times published its explosive report on Weinstein’s alleged assaults, harassment, and settlements, and since then, more than 30 women have come forward, detailing their own experiences with the disgraced mega-producer over the past few decades.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest names — Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ashley Judd among them — say Weinstein assaulted or harassed them, using his status as leverage. But to hear women in Hollywood, many of whom are telling their stories for the first time, Weinstein’s behavior was par for the course.

On Monday evening, both Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lawrence detailed stories of harassment and assault at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event.

Witherspoon said that she been harassed and sexually assaulted multiple times, including by one director when she was just 16 years old, and said hearing other women speak of their experiences made her feel “less alone this week than I have ever felt in my entire career.”

Lawrence described being forced to do a “naked line-up” for a producer, who then told her to lose weight.

“I let myself be treated a certain way because I felt I had to for my career,” Lawrence said. “I’m still learning that I don’t have to smile when a man makes me uncomfortable.”

In an essay published Monday, America Ferrera described being 9 years old and sexually assaulted by a grown man, who she had to see “on a daily basis for years to come.”

Sheryl Crow shared on Twitter a negative experience with a manager on her first big tour, and said she was told by her lawyer to “suck it up bc the guy could do a lot for me.”

“Riverdale” star Lili Reinhart wrote on Tumblr about being a teen and going on a date with a man and he tried to force himself onto her. “I was so young and didn’t know how to handle the situation,” she wrote. “I just knew how wrong it felt and that I had been violated.”

Lady Gaga simply tweeted #MeToo.

Several celebrities are also naming names. Icelandic pop star Bjork wrote in a Facebook post that she had been sexually harassed by a director, who was later identified as Lars Von Trier. (Von Trier denied the claims to a Danish daily paper.)

Lisa Guerrero, chief investigative correspondent for “Inside Edition,” also accused Steven Seagal of showing up to a meeting in a “silk robe and nothing else.”

Amazon Studios chief Roy Price was recently suspended over allegations that he had made lewd comments to producer Isa Hackett, asking for sex and telling her, “You’ll like my dick.” Price’s fiance, the playwright Lila Feinberg — who was designing a custom Marchesa wedding dress with Weinstein’s soon-to-be-ex-wife Georgina Chapman — called off the engagement after the accusations surfaced, according to Variety.

More than half of the women in the United States have experienced sexual assault or harassment, according to an ABC News-Washington Post poll published Tuesday. But the outpouring of stories — many under the hashtag #metoo, which was started about a decade ago by activist Tarana Burke and amplified by Milano on Twitter — coupled with Hollywood’s outright rejection of Weinstein, indicate the status quo may be changing.

“I think this is a watershed moment,” producer Gail Berman told the New York Times.