'Marco Polo' producer files lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein

Los Angeles: Embattled producer Harvey Weinstein and his former production company, The Weinstein Company, has been sued by a former "Marco Polo" associate producer.

Alexandra Canosa, an associate producer on the Netflix series "Marco Polo" filed the USD 10 million suit in New York Supreme Court and accused the former movie mogul of "sexual harassment", "battery" and "assault", reported Deadline.

In the suit, Canosa claimed that the abuse took place while she was working on the Netflix series up until September of 2017.

"The foregoing events and actions of Harvey Weinstein took place in conjunction with Plaintiff's employment, in various capacities, for Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company.

"Over the course of his misconduct, up to September 2017, Harvey Weinstein threatened Plaintiff and made it clear that if she did not succumb to his demands or if she exposed his unwanted conduct there would be retaliation, including humiliation, the loss of her job and any ability to work in the entertainment business," the suit reads.

The suit also accused TWC and the board of directors for facilitating and concealing Weinstein's conduct, and of failing to prevent it.

"The Weinstein Company and the members of its Board of Directors, knew or should have known about Harvey Weinstein's conduct, and did not act to correct or curtail such activity. Instead, The Weinstein Company facilitated, hid, and supported his unlawful conduct.

"Harvey Weinstein acted as an executive, agent, management employee and officer of The Weinstein Company. As a result of the foregoing unlawful conduct, Plaintiff incurred substantial physical injury, pain, suffering, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional distress," read the suit.

Weinstein has been accused by more than 80 women of sexual harassment or sexual assault since The New York Times and The New Yorker published detailed exposes.

He has been ousted from TWC by his brother Bob and is facing several lawsuits.