It is claimed the executive, who cannot be named, used controversial non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to pay off his alleged victims with 'substantial sums'.
But yesterday, The Daily Telegraph was prevented from revealing details by senior judge Sir Terence Etherton and two other appeal judges.
Today, the decision was slammed by those campaigning against the use of NDAs to cover up wrongdoing.
In the House of Commons, Labour MP Jess Phillips told the Prime Minister: 'It seems that our laws allow rich and powerful men to pretty much do whatever they want as long as they can pay to keep it quiet.'
She asked whether Theresa May agreed with the court's decision.
Mrs May said she could not comment on the ongoing case, but insisted the government is working to tighten regulation of NDAs.
Jess Phillips brought up the issue in Parliament, saying 'rich and powerful men' can pretty much do whatever they want
The Prime Minister said: 'Sexual harassment in the workplace is against the law. Such abhorrent behaviour should not be tolerated and an employer that allows that harassment to go un-dealt-with is sending a message about how welcome they [women] are.
'Non-disclosure agreements cannot stop people from whistleblowing but it is clear that some employers are using them unethically.'
It had been thought that Ms Phillips would use parliamentary privilege rules, which mean MPs cannot be prosecuted for statements made in Parliament, to name the man at the centre of the case.
But she tweeted that she did not know the man's name and so could not.
Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's former aide, broke an NDA from the 1990s to allege sexual harassment. She told The Telegraph it was 'ridiculous' they had been prevented by reporting the allegations.
She said: 'NDAs have become weaponised. They were originally very useful things to protect commercial property and company secrets which, of course, is fair enough.
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