Actor Ed Westwick has denied an accusation of rape. In a Facebook post made on Monday by actress Katrina Cohen.The Gossip Girl star was accused of raping her at his home three years ago.
Katrina detailed how Ed allegedly assaulted her as she slept, before raping her, after she had fallen asleep during a visit to his home with her producer boyfriend. She said that her boyfriend then blamed her for the assault and told her not to speak out about it, and described how 'sickened' she felt to see Ed, who played Chuck Bass on the hit show, honoured by being invited to speak at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University.
Ed has responded to the allegations to say that he doesn't know Katrina Cohen and has never forced himself on anyone
**UPDATE: Cohen has filed a police report and LAPD are investigating the allegation, Deadline reports. Two contemporary witnesses have supported Cohen's allegation, saying she told them about the alleged incident around February 2014. **
**UPDATE: A second actress has alleged that Ed Westwick raped her. Aurélie Wynn, who went by the stage name of Aurelie Marie Cao.
: 'In July 2014, I went through a very similar ordeal with Ed Westwick,'We all hung out until 5am, sun was starting to rise since it was summer so we all decided to get a few hours of shut eye since we all had events and things to do the next day and there are plenty of bedrooms. And like Kristina, I said no and he pushed me face down and was powerless under his weight. I was wearing a one piece bathing suit that he ripped, I was in complete shock, I am also very tiny.' **
**Aurélie claims that shortly after the alleged incident, she told her then-boyfriend, Mark Salling, who broke up with her as he thought she had simply cheated on him. Salling is currently facing seven years in prison after pleading guitly to two counts of possession of images of child abuse invovling sexual abuse of a prepubescent minor. **
**ANOTHER UPDATE: A xxxx has accused Westwick of sexual assault. Rachel Eck told Buzzfeed that in 2014, she was invited by her ex-boyfriend, Kaine Harling, to a hotel room. She went, thinking it would be a chance to get back with Harling, but on the way there he let her know that Westwick would be there too. 'When I didn’t bring a girl for him he turned his sights on me,' she said, alleging that on several occasions that night, he tried to kiss her, and ultimately groped her. **
**The BBC has dropped its Agatha Christie Christmas Special Ordeal of Ignorance, which Westwick features in, and a petition for Westwick to be dropped from Crackle's series Snatch has amassed thousands of signatures.
Meanwhile, following the second allegation, Westwick insisted both initial claims are 'provably untrue'. He has yet to issue a response to the most recently made allegation.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.