A British actress and model has filed a suit in a New York court against both Harvey and Bob Weinstein, accusing them under sex trafficking laws.

Kadian Noble, 31, met Harvey Weinstein in London and claims that he told her he could help launch her career.

She says, in court documents filed on Monday, that in February 2014, they were both in Cannes when he asked her to come to the Le Majestic Hotel where he would review her reel and discuss her future.

Noble alleges that inside the hotel room Weinstein began massaging her shoulders, asking her to walk up and down the room for him "for audition purposes".

He then allegedly pushed her into a bathroom and sexually assaulted her.