The Latest: Hillary Clinton addresses Weinstein accusations

NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein (all times local):

2:25 p.m.

Democrat Hillary Clinton says she's "shocked and appalled" by the revelations of sexual abuse and harassment being leveled at Harvey Weinstein.

She says in a written statement Tuesday that the behavior being reported by women "cannot be tolerated."

Clinton adds that the women are showing courage in coming forward with their allegations. And the former presidential candidate says that the support of other women "is critical in helping to stop this kind of behavior."

Clinton has been a beneficiary of the Weinstein family's donations to Democratic causes. She said nothing about those donations in her statement.

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1:25 p.m.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and other actresses have come forward with their own stories of sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein.

In a follow-up to its earlier expose, The New York Times on Tuesday reported that many other actresses have in recent days added to the chorus of accusations surrounding Weinstein. Paltrow described his attempt to lure her, as a then young aspiring actress, into giving him a massage in a hotel room. The incident prompted her then-boyfriend Brad Pitt to confront Weinstein at a film premiere.

Angelina Jolie also told the paper that she has "a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth." Since, she said, she has refused to work with him and "warn others when they did."

It was the second new development of allegations against Weinstein on Tuesday. Earlier, The New Yorker published a piece detailing, among other things, in which three women accuse Weinstein of raping them.

Representatives for Weinstein have not responded to messages Tuesday. The New Yorker quoted Weinstein representative Sallie Hofmeister responding that "any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."

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1:08 p.m.

Ben Affleck, a longtime collaborator of Harvey Weinstein, has tweeted a condemnation of the fallen movie mogul.

Affleck got his big break in Hollywood as a writer and actor in "Good Will Hunting," which was produced by Weinstein's former company Miramax Films. In a statement posted to Twitter, Affleck said he was sickened by the news.

Affleck writes, "I am saddened and angry that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass and manipulate many women over decades. The additional allegations of assault that I read this morning made me sick."

Earlier Tuesday, the New Yorker published an article that included allegations that Weinstein raped three women.

Affleck calls Weinstein's behavior "completely unacceptable" and says he's trying to figure out what he can do to prevent this from happening to others. He also says Hollywood needs to do a better job of protecting women.

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11:15 a.m.

The New Yorker is reporting that Harvey Weinstein has previously raped three women, significantly intensifying the scandal surrounding the disgraced movie mogul. A representative for Weinstein vehemently denied the allegations in a statement to the magazine.

The expose, published Tuesday, detailed allegations not just of sexual harassment but of three incidents involving rape. Actress Asia Argento and a former aspiring actress named Lucia Evans went on the record to allege Weinstein forced himself on them sexually. A third woman spoke anonymously.

Attorneys for Weinstein did not immediately return messages Tuesday. The New Yorker quoted Weinstein representative Sallie Hofmeister responding that "any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."

The article also cited a 2015 audio recording made by the New York Police department wherein Weinstein admits to groping a model named Ambra Battilana Guiterrez.

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10:12 a.m.

TV's late-night hosts mostly occupied themselves with skewering President Donald Trump in their monologues on Monday. But several made room to blast disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

NBC's Jimmy Fallon warned that if Weinstein didn't give up his sexual-harassment habits, he might end up with his own show on Fox News Channel.

ABC's Jimmy Kimmel said Hillary Clinton has taken contributions from a high-profile man accused of many acts of sexual harassment. In fact, two men: outspoken Clinton supporter Weinstein and Donald Trump.

And CBS' Stephen Colbert noted that the Weinstein Co. might change its name in an effort to escape the Harvey Weinstein stigma. Colbert joked that a more positive new name now being considered is Asbestos Child Slappers Inc.

9:38 a.m.

George Clooney has called Harvey Weinstein's alleged behavior "indefensible" in an interview where he suggested it was well known that the Weinstein Co. chairman was "a dog," but that few understood his conduct constituted "harassment on a very high level."

In remarks to the Daily Beast on Monday night, Clooney credited Weinstein for giving him his first big break as an actor in "From Dusk Till Dawn" and as a director in "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." But he said "I've never seen any of this behavior - ever."

"A lot of people are doing the 'you had to know' thing right now, and yes, if you're asking if I knew that someone who was very powerful had a tendency to hit on young, beautiful women, sure," said Clooney. "But I had no idea that it had gone to the level of having to pay off eight women for their silence, and that these women were threatened and victimized."

3:09 a.m.

Condemnations of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein continue to mount, with Jennifer Lawrence joining the chorus of A-list actors criticizing the movie mogul over allegations he sexually harassed women for decades.

The allegations could prove to be a moment of reckoning for Hollywood, which is facing increased scrutiny over the fair treatment of women in the industry.

Lawrence praised the women who came forward in an expose published last week by The New York Times that detailed Weinstein's alleged harassment of actresses and employees. Lawrence, who won an Oscar for the Weinstein-produced "Silver Linings Playbook," says she was never harassed by the mogul.

Among those weighing in were his longtime allies and beneficiaries Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Kevin Smith and Judi Dench. They spoke up with a combination of disgust over his alleged behavior and remorse or defensiveness over their own business entanglements with him.

Even the actors' labor union SAG-AFTRA joined the chorus in condemning the disgraced movie mogul, calling reports of his alleged conduct "abhorrent and unacceptable."