Trevisan says Tornatore 'fondled her'

(ANSA) - Rome, November 6 - Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore has been accused of sexual molestation by an Italian showgirl, Miriana Trevisan.
    Neapolitan-born Trevisan, 44, accused the 61-year-old Nuovo Cinema Paradiso director of fondling and kissing her in his office 20 years ago.
    "I went to Giuseppe Tornatore's office. My agent organised the meeting. It wasn't an audition, but a first meeting in view of a film in production," Trevisan said in an interview with Vanity Fair.
    She said that when she got up to leave, "he followed me to the door, pushed me up against the wall and started kissing my neck and ears, his hands roughly fondling my breasts".
    Trevisan, known for TV shows including Striscia la Notizia and La Ruota della Fortuna, added: "I managed to get away from him and run out the door," She speculated that Tornatore "probably doesn't even remember it".
    The Sicilian director told La Repubblica daily he did remember the meeting, insisting: "I never laid a finger on her.
    "I remember a cordial meeting, and reject the insinuations made," he said, adding that he was considering legal action.