Harvey Weinstein: George Clooney says alleged behaviour is 'indefensible'
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Image captionGeorge Clooney has called the alleged actions of Weinstein 'indefensible'.
George Clooney and Jennifer Lawrence have joined the list of Hollywood stars condemning Harvey Weinstein.
The co-founder of The Weinstein Company faces sexual harassment claims dating back nearly three decades, which came to light in the New York Times.
Clooney, whose big-screen big break was a Weinstein film, said the producer's alleged actions were "indefensible".
Weinstein, who has been fired by the board of his company, disputes the New York Times report.
He has vowed to take legal action against the newspaper, which said in the report that he had reached at least eight settlements with women.
Jennifer Lawrence, who won an Oscar for his film Silver Linings Playbook, has also now spoken about the allegations, saying she was "deeply disturbed".
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Image captionJennifer Lawrence with Harvey Weinstein at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2013
Clooney, who was given his first big movie role as an actor by Weinstein in 1996's From Dusk Till Dawn and as a director in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, said he was previously unaware of the allegations.
"The part we're hearing now about eight women being paid off, I didn't hear anything about that and I don't know anyone that did," he said
in an interview with The Daily Beast.
"That's a whole other level and there's no way you can reconcile that. There's nothing to say except that it's indefensible."
