--- description: Former Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick is denying that he raped an actor three years ago after she accused him of sexual assault. title: 'Gossip Girl' Star Ed Westwick Denies Raping Actor Kristina Cohen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta467a6cb5ba53f1a/6988e4e48fd2ee31b13598ac/ed-westwick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Gossip Girl_ Star Ed Westwick Denies Raping Actor Kristina Cohen  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2017 7:58 PM CUT  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 16: Actor Ed Westwick arrives at the BBC America BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party 2017 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 16, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 16: Actor Ed Westwick arrives at the BBC America BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party 2017 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 16, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage)Amanda Edwards—WireImage  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2017 7:58 PM CUT Former _Gossip Girl_ star [Ed Westwick](http://time.com/3856125/ed-westwick-chace-crawford-abc/ "undefined") is denying that he raped an actor three years ago after she accused him of sexual assault in a lengthy [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/kristina.kruz.5/posts/10211729772336179 "undefined"). Kristina Cohen wrote Monday that she was a dating a producer at the time who brought her to Westwick’s house. She alleged that Westwick, who currently stars in _White Gold,_ first suggested that the three of them “should all f–k,” which prompted Cohen to say that she was tired and wanted to leave. Westwick, Cohen said, suggested she take a nap in his guest bedroom, where she said she awoke to him touching her in a sexual manner. “He held me down and raped me,” Cohen said. “I fought him off as hard as I could but he grabbed my face in his hands, shaking me, telling me he wanted to f— me. I was paralyzed, terrified. I couldn’t speak, I could no longer move,” wrote Cohen, who has acted in several minor TV roles, including two 2013 episodes of _Californication._ “I now realize the ways in which these men in power prey on women, and how this tactic is used so frequently in our industry, and surely, in many others.” In an [Instagram post ](https://www.instagram.com/p/BbM4P6jBU26/ "undefined")on Tuesday, Westwick flatly denied Cohen’s allegations. “I do not know this woman. I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape,” he wrote. 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