Casino magnate and Republican National Committee finance chairman Steve Wynn, whose Wynn Boston Harbor casino is scheduled to open in Everett in June 2019, has been accused of repeated instances of sexual misconduct, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Wynn paid out a $7.5 million settlement after a manicurist at one of his casinos alleged that he pressured her into having sex against her will in 2005, the Journal reported. And dozens of people who worked at Wynn's casinos told the Journal of a years-long pattern of sexual advances toward female employees.

In a statement, Wynn denied any allegations of assault and claimed the accusations were instigated by his ex-wife Elaine Wynn, with whom he is embroiled in a divorce settlement dispute.

"We find ourselves in a world where people can make allegations, regardless of the truth, and a person is left with the choice of weathering insulting publicity or engaging in multi-year lawsuits," Wynn said in a statement provided by Wynn Resorts. "It is deplorable for anyone to find themselves in this situation."

Wynn Resorts threw its support behind its CEO, also blaming Elaine Wynn for the allegations.

"It is clear that Mr. Wynn's ex-wife has sought to use a negative public relations campaign to achieve what she has been unable to do in the courtroom: tarnish the reputation of Mr. Wynn in an attempt to pressure a revised divorce settlement from him," Wynn Resorts said in a statement.

The company declined to address the specific claims in the Journal's report, saying it would not release any additional statements at this time.

Elaine Wynn's attorney denied any role in the story, the Journal reported.

Wynn's $2.4 billion casino is the largest private single-phase development in the history of Massachusetts, and will include a 29-story hotel, an expansive gaming floor, 13 restaurants, a spa and a ballroom.

The project has so far survived bitter, public and costly legal battles with neighboring Revere, Somerville and Boston, and aims to turn the contaminated site of a former Monsanto chemical plant into a monument of waterfront glitz.

Wynn allegedly exposed himself to and solicited sexual services from two massage therapists at the Wynn Las Vegas spa, the Journal reported. And an executive at the Golden Nugget, a former Wynn property, said in an early 1990s deposition that he regularly received sexual harassment complaints against Wynn, according to court filings reviewed by the Journal.