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District Attorney Defends Failure to Prosecute Harvey Weinstein for Groping a Model in 2015

The list of women accusing the movie mogul of sexual harassment continues to grow.

The Manhattan district attorney is defending his decision not to previously prosecute Harvey Weinstein — as list of women accusing the movie mogul of sexual harassment continues to grow.

Read: Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow Say Harvey Weinstein Sexually Harassed Them

Cyrus Vance, Jr. failed to prosecute Weinstein after he apparently admitted groping a model in a police surveillance audio tape in 2015.

On Wednesday, Vance was mobbed by reporters who asked whether Weinstein’s wealth and fame influenced his decision not to press charges.

"If we had a case that we felt we could prosecute and my experts felt we could prosecute against Harvey Weinstein, we would have," he told reporters.

There appears to be a disturbing pattern in the claims against Weinstein.

First, his alleged victims say, comes the invitation to a fancy hotel suite under the guise of a business meeting.

Instead, they find themselves alone with the movie mogul, who excuses himself to use the bathroom.

Then comes complete shock when he emerges moments later wearing only a bathrobe and sometimes nothing at all.

Actress Katherine Kendall joins the growing list of women who are speaking out against the tycoon. She appeared in the 1996 movie, Swingers, which was distributed by Miramax when Weinstein was head of the company, 

"He went to the bathroom and came back completely naked and that is when my adrenaline went through the roof," she told Inside Edition. "I thought, 'I don't know what is going to happen next.'"

Meanwhile, singer Naomi Judd said she is proud of her daughter Ashley for coming forward to speak against Weinstein.

"Ashley was the first," she told reporters. "She is fearless." 

Supermodel Cara Delevingne, 25, claims Weinstein asked her to join in a threesome in his hotel room.

Read: TV Reporter Lauren Sivan Comes Forward to Detail 'Disgusting' Encounter With Harvey Weinstein

“As soon as we were alone he began to brag about all the actresses he had slept with and how he made their careers,” she posted in a lengthy Instagram post Wednesday.

In 2014, Weinstein told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that he was not tempted by all of the women around him. Stern had asked him if he experienced “the mogul aspect” of taking advantage of the people around him.

“Howard, as you know only too well, it doesn’t work that way,” Weinstein said.

Weinstein's behavior has reportedly been an open secret in Hollywood.

Seth MacFarlane even joked about it with Emma Stone at the unveiling of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee in 2013.

“Congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to Harvey Weinstein,” he said as many in the room laughed.

But Lindsay Lohan has publicly come to Weinstein’s defense.

She posted a black and white Instagram video Tuesday night saying: “Harvey has never done anything to me and we did several movies together. I think it needs to stop.”

Watch: Audio Tape Reveals Harvey Weinstein Pleading With Filipina-Italian Model to Watch Him Shower