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Natasha Henstridge accuses Weinstein of masturbating in front of her

Natasha Henstridge, who has accused director Brett Ratner of sexually assaulting her, claimed Wednesday that she also was one of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s victims.

The 43-year-old Canadian actress said on “Megyn Kelly Today” that the pervy producer came on to her during a business meeting at the Sundance Film Festival — though she didn’t say what year.

“One thing led to another and he became very flirtatious,” she told Kelly, fighting back tears. “He did some terrible things there as well. He pleasured himself in front of me.”

“I thought, ‘How can I come forward about Harvey, because it’s safer, and not come forward about someone people don’t know about?’” she added. “The whole reason I came forward about Brett was because people knew about Harvey Weinstein.”

Henstridge and several other actresses, including Olivia Munn, have accused Ratner, 48, of sexual harassment or misconduct in a report by the Los Angeles Times. Ratner has denied the allegations.

She said that when she was a 19-year-old model, she ended up falling asleep on Ratner’s couch in his New York apartment while watching a movie with friends.

“When I woke up, I was alone there with him and tried to leave and one thing led to another. And he didn’t — he was not going to allow me to leave. So, yeah, he blocked the door and didn’t let me leave. It was really scary from there,” she told Kelly.

“At first, I thought he was coming on strong and trying to convince me that, you know, there was something between us. You know, he was trying to be super convincing,” she said.

“Initially, that was my initial thought until I made more of an effort to sort of get out. That’s when I realized he wasn’t playing around anymore and just — he got very aggressive.”

Henstridge, who has said she gave in to his demands to perform oral sex, said she “ran home in tears and feeling horribly ashamed, but also feeling dirty, feeling gross, feeling all of those things.”

“A lot of people have asked how can that happen? How does somebody force you into oral sex?” she said. “When you’re afraid of somebody, when you physically don’t know what somebody is capable of, I’m sorry … therefore, you submit and I submitted.”

She said she was afraid of bringing up the painful subject with her parents.

“My parents, who are this lovely Canadian couple, who are very — they’re the type of people that just, you know, keep your head down and don’t make waves,” she said.

”I was really concerned and I didn’t want to disrupt their lives and I know it’s difficult for them to hear these things, but also have all of their friends and other family, you know, hear all these things,” she continued.

In a statement to the LA Times, Ratner’s attorney Martin Singer strongly denied the allegations, saying “no woman has ever made a claim against him for sexual misconduct or sexual harassment.”

He specifically disputed Henstridge’s allegation, acknowledging Ratner spent time with her but claiming she was “upset after learning my client had a girlfriend who he would not leave” for her.

Weinstein has denied engaging in “non-consensual sex” with any of his accusers.