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Three women claim 'dirty old pervert' Michael Winner demanded to see their naked breasts

Three women have come forward in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal to claim Michael Winner demanded to see their breasts in the 1980s.

The claims were made by former EastEnders actress Debbie Arnold, another actress Cindy Marshall-Day, and a woman who did not want to be named.

Ms Arnold, 62, told the Sunday People that Winner, who died in 2013, made the unwanted demands during an audition at his home.

She said: "He asked me to take off my top, then my bra and told me to massage my breasts.

"I asked him to repeat the question because I thought I was hearing things. I started walking away from the window and he asked me why."

She added: "I told him I couldn't believe what he had said. I thought it was a joke so I was appalled when he repeated the question.

"I walked right up to him and told him, 'f*** off, you dirty old pervert'."

Ms Marshall-Day also claimed the film mogul asked her to show him her breasts in the 1980s.

The third, unnamed woman said she did what Winner asked as he smoked a cigar.

The women said they never reported the alleged incidents to police at the time but were emboldened by seeing a string of women make sex assault complaints against Harvey Weinstein, who has denied accusations of non-consensual sex.