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But he feared Hollywood’s “­sil­­encing machine” will stop many more cases like Wein­­­stein’s emerging.

He added: “I have sat in rooms at SAA (Sex Addicts Anonymous) for the past five years listening to some of these people talking about their sexual problems.

"A lot of these incredibly powerful men believe they are entitled to take whatever they want from women and from men.”

Roy went on: “I was talking today to two people – an ex-studio head and a current head of a major agency.

“They are justifiably worried because these things are usually kept quiet because the women collude.

"They do what they’re told and everybody in Hollywood is ­terrified of upsetting everybody else because they will lose their jobs and there’s a lot of money at stake.

“I think that a lot of the women who are speaking now had to sign agreements. But nobody would dare sue a high-profile actress for breaking that agreement.”