Wednesday 28 September 2022 02:14 PM 'Hitchcock' director Sacha Gervasi 'sexually assaulted his interior designer' trends now
Emmy-winning director and screenwriter Sacha Gervasi has been accused by an interior designer of sexually assaulting her multiple times while she worked on the Hollywood Hills home he shares with heiress wife Jessica de Rothschild.
Diana Lands Nathanson, a friend of Rothschild's, claims in a lawsuit that Gervasi, 56, is 'a sexual predator' who harassed her repeatedly from the time she was hired in 2014.
Lands, in her court documents, accuses The Terminal director of multiple instances of harassment and groping, culminating in his pinning her down on a table and attacking her in January this year.
'He pulled Lands down onto his lap, put his hand between her legs, kissed her neck,' the court documents state.
'She fought to get up off his lap, but Gervasi pulled her down onto the table and laid on top of her.
'His hands were on her wrists above her head.
'He tried to force his tongue into her mouth as he was thrusting into her.'
Sacha Gervasi, 56 (left), has been accused of sexual assault by interior designer Diana Lands Nathanson (right)
Gervasi is pictured with his theatre producer wife Jessica de Rothschild
Lands said she managed to break free and tried to escape, but alleges he 'closed the door so she could not get out.'
The suit continues: 'Once again, Gervasi pushed his body against Lands, and tried to kiss her on the neck and mouth.
'Lands kept telling him he had to stop and she needed to get out of the room and leave. She finally got the door open and was able to get out of the room. He chased Lands to her car and tried again telling her that she wanted it.'
Lands filed her case in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on September 26.
She wrote, in her court documents, that she finally launched legal action because her work for Gervasi and de Rothschild was complete and accused him of a raft of offenses - among them sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence, and creating a hostile work environment.
De Rothschild in May of this year begun her own legal action against Lands, suing her for fraud.
Lands also disclosed in court documents that she briefly dated the London-born filmmaker in the early 1990s.
Talented and well-connected, Gervasi was the drummer for Gavin Rossdale's band Bush before they became
