On April 25, the day that Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault conviction was overturned, those who had been most vocal in the months following the former mogul’s implosion in 2017 were conspicuously silent. The X account of Time’s Up, the organization that raised $26 million in the wake of the Weinstein accusations, appeared to be a relic frozen in time. Its last post, from January 2022, was a retweet of a Movement for Black Lives missive about Martin Luther King Jr. Likewise, actresses who had embraced Time’s Up’s mission offered no commentary. Jessica Chastain was tweeting about her skin care routine, while Reese Witherspoon was gushing about a Tennessee Titans draft pick. It was as though Hollywood had already moved on from the industrywide reckoning that Weinstein’s downfall sparked.
By contrast, those with a personal stake in Weinstein’s fate — such as attorney Gloria Allred, who represented key...
By contrast, those with a personal stake in Weinstein’s fate — such as attorney Gloria Allred, who represented key...
- 5/1/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Lauren Sivan had barely opened her eyes Thursday morning when she got the news Harvey Weinstein’s landmark #MeToo-era conviction in Manhattan had been overturned by New York’s top court. The former New York TV news reporter – one of more than 100 women who say Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them during his decades-long career as a top Hollywood gatekeeper – knew the divided decision was a possibility. The judges who issued the ruling had appeared unsettled during an appeals court hearing in February. Still, she needed time to process everything at her home in California.
- 4/25/2024
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
After being sentenced to 16 additional years last week, Harvey Weinstein is all-but-likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Weinstein is appealing his rape and sexual assault conviction, but for survivors, they feel justice has finally been served.
“Today, he will be sentenced. He cannot hurt anyone anymore,” Evgeniya Chernyshova, known in the case as Jane Doe #1, said at Weinstein’s sentencing on Feb. 23 at the criminal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
“I truly believe that this verdict, and the maximum sentence, will restore the faith in the justice system for many survivors out there,” Chernyshova told the judge, moments before Weinstein was handed his punishment.
Chernyshova was the only woman to make a victim impact statement in the courtroom at Weinstein’s sentencing, because she is the only accuser whose testimony resulted in the jury convicting Weinstein on three charges. But during the two-month trial, eight women...
“Today, he will be sentenced. He cannot hurt anyone anymore,” Evgeniya Chernyshova, known in the case as Jane Doe #1, said at Weinstein’s sentencing on Feb. 23 at the criminal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
“I truly believe that this verdict, and the maximum sentence, will restore the faith in the justice system for many survivors out there,” Chernyshova told the judge, moments before Weinstein was handed his punishment.
Chernyshova was the only woman to make a victim impact statement in the courtroom at Weinstein’s sentencing, because she is the only accuser whose testimony resulted in the jury convicting Weinstein on three charges. But during the two-month trial, eight women...
- 2/28/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for rape, capping off his fall as one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.
The sentence will likely lead to Weinstein, who’s already serving 23 years after a conviction in a trial in New York, spending the rest of his life behind bars. He maintained his innocence in a statement to the court before the sentence was delivered. “This is a setup,” he said.
A jury in December found Weinstein guilty of three counts — forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by foreign object — against Jane Doe 1. But, in a mixed verdict, he was acquitted of sexual battery by restraint against Jane Doe 3. The jury also couldn’t reach a decision on charges related to Jane Doe 4, who revealed herself as Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and Jane Doe 2.
The trial centered on testimony from four women, all known as Jane Does in court,...
The sentence will likely lead to Weinstein, who’s already serving 23 years after a conviction in a trial in New York, spending the rest of his life behind bars. He maintained his innocence in a statement to the court before the sentence was delivered. “This is a setup,” he said.
A jury in December found Weinstein guilty of three counts — forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by foreign object — against Jane Doe 1. But, in a mixed verdict, he was acquitted of sexual battery by restraint against Jane Doe 3. The jury also couldn’t reach a decision on charges related to Jane Doe 4, who revealed herself as Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and Jane Doe 2.
The trial centered on testimony from four women, all known as Jane Does in court,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a request on Tuesday for a new trial, over a month after the disgraced producer was convicted on rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.
Variety, which obtained the filing, notes that Weinstein’s attorneys have requested for the court to “reconsider its ruling,” stating in their new filing that they were precluded from showing evidence to the jury that they claim could’ve shaken the first Jane Doe witness’ credibility and impacted jurors’ guilty conviction.
Weinstein, 70, was due to be sentenced earlier in...
Variety, which obtained the filing, notes that Weinstein’s attorneys have requested for the court to “reconsider its ruling,” stating in their new filing that they were precluded from showing evidence to the jury that they claim could’ve shaken the first Jane Doe witness’ credibility and impacted jurors’ guilty conviction.
Weinstein, 70, was due to be sentenced earlier in...
- 2/1/2023
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Three women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and assault expressed relief, and some disappointment, after the disgraced producer was hit with three guilty verdicts, but also an acquittal and two mistrials in a Los Angeles court yesterday.
One of the women to speak up was Jane Doe 3, a masseuse whose sexual assault accusation against Weinstein was the only one that came back with a not guilty verdict. “After enduring the process of having my traumas thrown under a microscope for the entire world to examine, the verdict...
One of the women to speak up was Jane Doe 3, a masseuse whose sexual assault accusation against Weinstein was the only one that came back with a not guilty verdict. “After enduring the process of having my traumas thrown under a microscope for the entire world to examine, the verdict...
- 12/20/2022
- by Jon Blistein and Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Mel Gibson will not be taking the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial.
Prosecutors wouldn’t reveal in Judge Lisa Lench’s Los Angeles courtroom today why they’ve decided not to have the Oscar winner testify after all. However, Deputy District Attorneys Paul Thompson and Marlene Martinez made it very clear that Gibson will not be trekking down to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. The Da’s office did not respond to request from Deadline for more details about why Gibson won’t be testifying.
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Prosecutors wouldn’t reveal in Judge Lisa Lench’s Los Angeles courtroom today why they’ve decided not to have the Oscar winner testify after all. However, Deputy District Attorneys Paul Thompson and Marlene Martinez made it very clear that Gibson will not be trekking down to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. The Da’s office did not respond to request from Deadline for more details about why Gibson won’t be testifying.
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- 11/17/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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“I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes,” Italian actress Asia Argento told a shocked crowd at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. “I was 21 years old. The festival was his hunting ground. I want to make a prediction: Harvey Weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again. He will live in disgrace, shunned by a film community that once embraced him and covered up for his crimes.”
When it comes to Weinstein, currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape, Argento was certainly right. Five years after the #MeToo movement kicked off an avalanche of revelations of abuse and assault, the global film community has washed its hands of the once all-powerful producer. A Weinstein comeback is not in the cards.
But what of the climate, the “hunting grounds” of the international film festivals? As Argento and others have pointed out, for years...
“I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes,” Italian actress Asia Argento told a shocked crowd at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. “I was 21 years old. The festival was his hunting ground. I want to make a prediction: Harvey Weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again. He will live in disgrace, shunned by a film community that once embraced him and covered up for his crimes.”
When it comes to Weinstein, currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape, Argento was certainly right. Five years after the #MeToo movement kicked off an avalanche of revelations of abuse and assault, the global film community has washed its hands of the once all-powerful producer. A Weinstein comeback is not in the cards.
But what of the climate, the “hunting grounds” of the international film festivals? As Argento and others have pointed out, for years...
- 10/1/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three woman have dismissed sex trafficking charges against imprisoned mogul Harvey Weinstein following the late January liquidation settlement in Delaware Bankruptcy Court between the former Weinstein Co. and creditors, including abuse victims of the one-time producer.
Plaintiffs Louisette Geiss, Sarah Ann Thomas and Melissa Thompson filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York to dismiss the trafficking suit without prejudice but retained the right to reinstate it within 125 days if the Sexual Misconduct Claims Fund agreed upon in the bankruptcy settlement does not pay out.
Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy over three years ago as its eponymous founder imploded in an ocean of abuse allegations. He was tried in New York, found guilty on multiple counts of rape and assault and is serving a 23-year prison sentence. A group of unsecured trade creditors and Weinstein victims had been debating the best plan to divide up...
Plaintiffs Louisette Geiss, Sarah Ann Thomas and Melissa Thompson filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York to dismiss the trafficking suit without prejudice but retained the right to reinstate it within 125 days if the Sexual Misconduct Claims Fund agreed upon in the bankruptcy settlement does not pay out.
Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy over three years ago as its eponymous founder imploded in an ocean of abuse allegations. He was tried in New York, found guilty on multiple counts of rape and assault and is serving a 23-year prison sentence. A group of unsecured trade creditors and Weinstein victims had been debating the best plan to divide up...
- 3/22/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
A hearing on whether to bring Harvey Weinstein to Los Angeles to face sex crimes charges is expected to be postponed to April.
Weinstein is currently scheduled to appear before a judge in Buffalo, N.Y., on Friday. He is being held at the Wende Correctional Facility in nearby Alden, N.Y., after being sentenced in March to 23 years for rape and sexual assault.
The hearing was originally set to take place in August, but was postponed by four months due to the pandemic. The hearing is now expected to be pushed back another four months, to April 9, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
Weinstein faces 11 counts of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles involving five alleged victims. If convicted on all charges, he could face 140 years in prison.
Weinstein’s civil attorneys have said that he is in ill health, and is suffering from coronary artery disease,...
Weinstein is currently scheduled to appear before a judge in Buffalo, N.Y., on Friday. He is being held at the Wende Correctional Facility in nearby Alden, N.Y., after being sentenced in March to 23 years for rape and sexual assault.
The hearing was originally set to take place in August, but was postponed by four months due to the pandemic. The hearing is now expected to be pushed back another four months, to April 9, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
Weinstein faces 11 counts of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles involving five alleged victims. If convicted on all charges, he could face 140 years in prison.
Weinstein’s civil attorneys have said that he is in ill health, and is suffering from coronary artery disease,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Despite what you may have read, The Right Girl is not a musical about Harvey Weinstein. Then again, having been created by one of the first women to speak out against the rapist, it’s not not a musical about Harvey Weinstein.
Had Broadway not gone dark with the coronavirus pandemic last March, audiences might already be deciding for themselves how much Weinstein there is in the musical’s villain, and how much is Cosby or Lauer or any of the dozen or so famous men melded into the fictional predator The Right Girl calls Paul. If the big-name creative team behind the production has its way, audiences will still get that chance, either in a future vaccine-protected Broadway theater or on a home screen set to a favorite streaming platform. Either way, The Right Girl could become one of the first major works of commercial entertainment – certainly the first...
Had Broadway not gone dark with the coronavirus pandemic last March, audiences might already be deciding for themselves how much Weinstein there is in the musical’s villain, and how much is Cosby or Lauer or any of the dozen or so famous men melded into the fictional predator The Right Girl calls Paul. If the big-name creative team behind the production has its way, audiences will still get that chance, either in a future vaccine-protected Broadway theater or on a home screen set to a favorite streaming platform. Either way, The Right Girl could become one of the first major works of commercial entertainment – certainly the first...
- 11/23/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss recalls feeling more than a prickle of anxiety when cold-pitching songwriting legend Diane Warren on penning music and lyrics for her sexual harassment musical The Right Girl during a women’s conference in Santa Monica in Oct. 2019.
“I ran up to her and said hello, I’m Louisette Geiss, I’m a Harvey Weinstein survivor and we’re going to do a musical about 25 women telling their stories, and I’ve got Howard Kagan and Susan Stroman, so I’d love if there’s any way I could speak to you about this ...
“I ran up to her and said hello, I’m Louisette Geiss, I’m a Harvey Weinstein survivor and we’re going to do a musical about 25 women telling their stories, and I’ve got Howard Kagan and Susan Stroman, so I’d love if there’s any way I could speak to you about this ...
- 10/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss recalls feeling more than a prickle of anxiety when cold-pitching songwriting legend Diane Warren on penning music and lyrics for her sexual harassment musical The Right Girl during a women’s conference in Santa Monica in Oct. 2019.
“I ran up to her and said hello, I’m Louisette Geiss, I’m a Harvey Weinstein survivor and we’re going to do a musical about 25 women telling their stories, and I’ve got Howard Kagan and Susan Stroman, so I’d love if there’s any way I could speak to you about this ...
“I ran up to her and said hello, I’m Louisette Geiss, I’m a Harvey Weinstein survivor and we’re going to do a musical about 25 women telling their stories, and I’ve got Howard Kagan and Susan Stroman, so I’d love if there’s any way I could speak to you about this ...
- 10/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Right Girl, a new musical based on (and co-written by) the real-life story of former screenwriter Louisette Geiss and the sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein she says ended her film career, will be presented in a film version to a live audience for the first time next month. The production features music by 11-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren and is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman.
The filmed performance will screen at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 1, the first time the musical will be seen by the public.
Geiss, a former actress who went public several years ago with her account of Weinstein masturbating in front of her while the two met at his Sundance Film Festival office ostensibly to discuss her screenwriting hopes, wrote the book for the new musical with Howard Kagan, and the lyrics with Warren and Kagan.
The filmed performance will screen at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 1, the first time the musical will be seen by the public.
Geiss, a former actress who went public several years ago with her account of Weinstein masturbating in front of her while the two met at his Sundance Film Festival office ostensibly to discuss her screenwriting hopes, wrote the book for the new musical with Howard Kagan, and the lyrics with Warren and Kagan.
- 10/19/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A filmed musical about sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss and co-writer Howard Kagan, and with music by Diane Warren, is set for a screening by the Barrington Stage Company on Nov. 1.
The Right Girl, a new musical based on true stories, is directed by Susan Stroman. Co-writer Geiss at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 told a press conference that her screenwriting career ended in 2008 when she was sexually harassed by Weinstein, a former Hollywood mogul and now jailed after being convicted of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.
“To create ...
The Right Girl, a new musical based on true stories, is directed by Susan Stroman. Co-writer Geiss at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 told a press conference that her screenwriting career ended in 2008 when she was sexually harassed by Weinstein, a former Hollywood mogul and now jailed after being convicted of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.
“To create ...
- 10/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A filmed musical about sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss and co-writer Howard Kagan, and with music by Diane Warren, is set for a screening by the Barrington Stage Company on Nov. 1.
The Right Girl, a new musical based on true stories, is directed by Susan Stroman. Co-writer Geiss at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 told a press conference that her screenwriting career ended in 2008 when she was sexually harassed by Weinstein, a former Hollywood mogul and now jailed after being convicted of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.
“To create ...
The Right Girl, a new musical based on true stories, is directed by Susan Stroman. Co-writer Geiss at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 told a press conference that her screenwriting career ended in 2008 when she was sexually harassed by Weinstein, a former Hollywood mogul and now jailed after being convicted of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.
“To create ...
- 10/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A group of women in the entertainment industry who sued Harvey Weinstein over allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rape announced Tuesday evenng they have reached an $18.875 million settlement with Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company Holdings and certain former officers, directors and employees of TWC.
Plaintiffs Louisette Geiss, Sarah Ann Thomas, Melissa Thompson, Melissa Sagemiller, Nannette May, Katherine Kendall, Caitlin Dulany, Larissa Gomes and a Jill Doe filed their motion for preliminary approval of the class action settlement today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. If approved by the court, the settlement will create a victims’ fund allowing all women who were abused by Harvey Weinstein under certain circumstances to make claims for damages in a confidential and non-adversarial process.
Filed in November 2017, the class action lawsuit alleges that Harvey Weinstein was a serial sexual harasser and abuser, and the various companies with which he was affiliated,...
Plaintiffs Louisette Geiss, Sarah Ann Thomas, Melissa Thompson, Melissa Sagemiller, Nannette May, Katherine Kendall, Caitlin Dulany, Larissa Gomes and a Jill Doe filed their motion for preliminary approval of the class action settlement today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. If approved by the court, the settlement will create a victims’ fund allowing all women who were abused by Harvey Weinstein under certain circumstances to make claims for damages in a confidential and non-adversarial process.
Filed in November 2017, the class action lawsuit alleges that Harvey Weinstein was a serial sexual harasser and abuser, and the various companies with which he was affiliated,...
- 7/1/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Dozens of women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment have agreed to a final $24 million settlement with the now-bankrupt Weinstein Company, bringing them closer to receiving some form of restitution for the crimes they said were perpetrated against them by the once-powerful movie mogul.
The settlement, which was filed on Tuesday and is pending a judge’s approval on July 14, comes after a nearly three-year process that has combined the New York Attorney General’s civil suit with a class-action lawsuit led by nine women and 14 individual cases against The Weinstein Company tied to the studio’s bankruptcy.
Last December, prior to the start of Weinstein’s criminal trial in New York, the global settlement had received tentative approval from its major parties. But for some, the terms of the settlement were not favorable enough, leading a few to drop out entirely and pursue their own civil lawsuits.
The settlement, which was filed on Tuesday and is pending a judge’s approval on July 14, comes after a nearly three-year process that has combined the New York Attorney General’s civil suit with a class-action lawsuit led by nine women and 14 individual cases against The Weinstein Company tied to the studio’s bankruptcy.
Last December, prior to the start of Weinstein’s criminal trial in New York, the global settlement had received tentative approval from its major parties. But for some, the terms of the settlement were not favorable enough, leading a few to drop out entirely and pursue their own civil lawsuits.
- 7/1/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
The Harvey Weinstein survivors who experienced sexual misconduct and harassment by the now-convicted rapist have been awarded a $18.875 million settlement, as part of a class-action lawsuit, aided by the New York Attorney General.
The payments, which still await approval by the bankruptcy and district courts, will resolve two separate lawsuits — one against Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, which was filed in Feb. 2018 by the office of the Attorney General, and a separate Nov. 2017 class action lawsuit brought on behalf of the group of women who were sexually harassed and assaulted by the former movie mogul.
The settlement comes as Weinstein is serving his 23-year sentence in a New York prison, three months after he was sentenced and found guilty by a jury for the sexual assault of Miriam Haley, a former “Project Runway” production assistant, and rape in the third degree of former actress, Jessica Mann.
None of...
The payments, which still await approval by the bankruptcy and district courts, will resolve two separate lawsuits — one against Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, which was filed in Feb. 2018 by the office of the Attorney General, and a separate Nov. 2017 class action lawsuit brought on behalf of the group of women who were sexually harassed and assaulted by the former movie mogul.
The settlement comes as Weinstein is serving his 23-year sentence in a New York prison, three months after he was sentenced and found guilty by a jury for the sexual assault of Miriam Haley, a former “Project Runway” production assistant, and rape in the third degree of former actress, Jessica Mann.
None of...
- 7/1/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, including Miriam “Mimi” Haley and Jessica Mann, whose testimony resulted in today’s 23-year prison sentence for the former Hollywood producer, are speaking out about the courtroom victory.
“I’m relieved he will now know he’s not above the law,” said Haley, who testified during Weinstein’s trial that she was subjected to forced oral sex at Weinstein’s Soho apartment in 2006. Said Mann, who was raped by Weinstein in a New York hotel in 2013, “I have found my voice and hope for a future where monsters no longer hide in our closet.”
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“I’m relieved he will now know he’s not above the law,” said Haley, who testified during Weinstein’s trial that she was subjected to forced oral sex at Weinstein’s Soho apartment in 2006. Said Mann, who was raped by Weinstein in a New York hotel in 2013, “I have found my voice and hope for a future where monsters no longer hide in our closet.”
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- 3/11/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in jail on Wednesday after being convicted on third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.
Jessica Mann, one of Weinstein’s victims, raised her arm in triumph upon leaving the courtroom. Some in the hallway applauded. Watch her emotional reaction below:
Cheers break out after Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault pic.twitter.com/PZMYe8wtdk
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 11, 2020
Following Weinstein’s sentencing, 24 Silence Breakers — women who have spoken out against sexual misconduct by the movie mogul and other men in power — released the following statement:
“Harvey Weinstein’s legacy will always be that he’s a convicted rapist. He is going to jail – but no amount of jail time will repair the lives he ruined, the careers he destroyed, or the damage he has caused.
“The Silence Breaker community was founded on solidarity, support, and compassion.
Jessica Mann, one of Weinstein’s victims, raised her arm in triumph upon leaving the courtroom. Some in the hallway applauded. Watch her emotional reaction below:
Cheers break out after Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault pic.twitter.com/PZMYe8wtdk
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 11, 2020
Following Weinstein’s sentencing, 24 Silence Breakers — women who have spoken out against sexual misconduct by the movie mogul and other men in power — released the following statement:
“Harvey Weinstein’s legacy will always be that he’s a convicted rapist. He is going to jail – but no amount of jail time will repair the lives he ruined, the careers he destroyed, or the damage he has caused.
“The Silence Breaker community was founded on solidarity, support, and compassion.
- 3/11/2020
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
One day after the Harvey Weinstein verdict, a group of "Silence Breakers" reacted to the news at a press conference in Los Angeles. Weinstein was found guilty in New York on Monday on one count of rape in the third degree and one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree. He was found not guilty on two counts of predatory sexual assault and one count of rape in the first degree. The disgraced producer, who continuously denied all allegations of non-consensual sex, faces a sentence of five to 25 years in prison for criminal sexual act in the first degree. He will be sentenced on March 11. Sarah Ann Masse, Rosanna Arquette, Melissa Sagemiller Nesic, Louisette Geiss, Louise Godbold, Lauren Sivan,...
- 2/25/2020
- E! Online
On Tuesday morning, following the landmark guilty verdict against Harvey Weinstein in his New York City rape trial, 11 of his accusers gathered at Los Angeles City Hall to speak about that case and set up the upcoming effort to hold Weinstein accountable in court in L.A
Speaking at a press conference, the women — Rosanna Arquette, Lauren Sivan, Sarah Ann Masse, Melissa Sagemiller Nesic, Louisette Geiss, Louise Godbold, Lauren O'Connor, Larissa Gomes, Katherine Kendall, Jessica Barth and Caitlin Dulany — reflected on their feelings upon hearing the ruling, with many recounting how they sat beside their husbands and ...
Speaking at a press conference, the women — Rosanna Arquette, Lauren Sivan, Sarah Ann Masse, Melissa Sagemiller Nesic, Louisette Geiss, Louise Godbold, Lauren O'Connor, Larissa Gomes, Katherine Kendall, Jessica Barth and Caitlin Dulany — reflected on their feelings upon hearing the ruling, with many recounting how they sat beside their husbands and ...
- 2/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On Tuesday morning, following the landmark guilty verdict against Harvey Weinstein in his New York City rape trial, 11 of his accusers gathered at Los Angeles City Hall to speak about that case and set up the upcoming effort to hold Weinstein accountable in court in L.A
Speaking at a press conference, the women — Rosanna Arquette, Lauren Sivan, Sarah Ann Masse, Melissa Sagemiller Nesic, Louisette Geiss, Louise Godbold, Lauren O'Connor, Larissa Gomes, Katherine Kendall, Jessica Barth and Caitlin Dulany — reflected on their feelings upon hearing the ruling, with many recounting how they sat beside their husbands and ...
Speaking at a press conference, the women — Rosanna Arquette, Lauren Sivan, Sarah Ann Masse, Melissa Sagemiller Nesic, Louisette Geiss, Louise Godbold, Lauren O'Connor, Larissa Gomes, Katherine Kendall, Jessica Barth and Caitlin Dulany — reflected on their feelings upon hearing the ruling, with many recounting how they sat beside their husbands and ...
- 2/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: As opening arguments in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial continue today, dozens of the much-accused producer’s alleged victims are speaking out to show support for those who will testify in the courtroom, as well as share their stories with the world.
“We stand in solidarity with Annabella Sciorra, Mimi Haleyi, Dawn Dunning and all of the women who will courageously testify against Harvey Weinstein in court,” the 27 Silence Breakers claimed Wednesday as they launched an Instagram handle to coincide with the much-anticipated trial really getting down to brass tacks.
“For decades, Weinstein wielded his power to mentally, physically and professionally abuse and silence women with impunity,” the Silence Breakers plan to say on @_NoLongerSilent.
“Starting today, he will finally be forced to face his accusers and reckon with the consequences of his monstrous crimes. Whether we are in the court room or supporting our fellow Silence Breakers from around the world,...
“We stand in solidarity with Annabella Sciorra, Mimi Haleyi, Dawn Dunning and all of the women who will courageously testify against Harvey Weinstein in court,” the 27 Silence Breakers claimed Wednesday as they launched an Instagram handle to coincide with the much-anticipated trial really getting down to brass tacks.
“For decades, Weinstein wielded his power to mentally, physically and professionally abuse and silence women with impunity,” the Silence Breakers plan to say on @_NoLongerSilent.
“Starting today, he will finally be forced to face his accusers and reckon with the consequences of his monstrous crimes. Whether we are in the court room or supporting our fellow Silence Breakers from around the world,...
- 1/22/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
It didn’t take long for the Silence Breakers to come forward and release a statement about New York Post‘s interview with the disgraced filmmaker Harvey Weinstein who made claims that he was a pioneer in making films for women and by women and express his feelings about being forgotten after 23 women came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct.
“Harvey Weinstein is trying to gaslight society again,” said the official statement from the Silence Breakers. “He says in a new interview he doesn’t want to be forgotten. Well, he won’t be. He will be remembered as a sexual predator and an unrepentant abuser who took everything and deserves nothing. He will be remembered by the collective will of countless women who stood up and said enough. We refuse to let this predator rewrite his legacy of abuse.”
The Silence Breakers include Rosanna Arquette, Jessica Barth, Zoe Brock,...
“Harvey Weinstein is trying to gaslight society again,” said the official statement from the Silence Breakers. “He says in a new interview he doesn’t want to be forgotten. Well, he won’t be. He will be remembered as a sexual predator and an unrepentant abuser who took everything and deserves nothing. He will be remembered by the collective will of countless women who stood up and said enough. We refuse to let this predator rewrite his legacy of abuse.”
The Silence Breakers include Rosanna Arquette, Jessica Barth, Zoe Brock,...
- 12/16/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
A long heralded multi-million-dollar settlement between Harvey Weinstein, his former company and dozens of alleged victims of the much-accused producer is far from a done deal, it seems. And clauses in the tentative $25 million agreement that could see the rape trial facing Weinstein reap big bucks for his own legal fees and not have to admit any guilt to his accusers could hobble the whole thing.
“This is b******t, and people are being bullied into taking the insurance money and going away, while Weinstein and the board get what’s essentially get a free pass,” said one lawyer representing a potential member of the settlement that has been in the works on and off for almost a year.
“We are opposed to the global settlement,” declares Thomas Giuffra, who is representing Alexandra Canosa against the Weinsteins. “The ‘new settlement’ is the same one that was announced several months ago...
“This is b******t, and people are being bullied into taking the insurance money and going away, while Weinstein and the board get what’s essentially get a free pass,” said one lawyer representing a potential member of the settlement that has been in the works on and off for almost a year.
“We are opposed to the global settlement,” declares Thomas Giuffra, who is representing Alexandra Canosa against the Weinsteins. “The ‘new settlement’ is the same one that was announced several months ago...
- 12/11/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A group of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged victims has issued a statement condemning remarks made by his attorney Friday night on ABC’s Nightline.
Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan court Friday for a bail hearing. Prosecutors sought to have his bail increased to $5 million from its current $1 million, arguing he violated his terms by allegedly tampering with an ankle monitor. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to allegations of rape and sexual assault. He’s scheduled for a follow-up hearing on Wednesday.
The ongoing legal battle appears to be taking a toll on Weinstein’s health. He looked haggard upon exiting the court house and had to be supported by two aides to make it into a waiting vehicle. That night, ABC’s Nightline aired a segment featuring Weinstein attorney Donna Rotunno, who maintained that anything her client did was consensual. In response, 21 women who came forward and claimed they were...
Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan court Friday for a bail hearing. Prosecutors sought to have his bail increased to $5 million from its current $1 million, arguing he violated his terms by allegedly tampering with an ankle monitor. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to allegations of rape and sexual assault. He’s scheduled for a follow-up hearing on Wednesday.
The ongoing legal battle appears to be taking a toll on Weinstein’s health. He looked haggard upon exiting the court house and had to be supported by two aides to make it into a waiting vehicle. That night, ABC’s Nightline aired a segment featuring Weinstein attorney Donna Rotunno, who maintained that anything her client did was consensual. In response, 21 women who came forward and claimed they were...
- 12/7/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
After decades of being joined at the big-screen hip, Harvey Weinstein and his brother and longtime business partner Bob Weinstein split in late 2017 as accusations of sexual assault and harassment piled up against Harvey Weinstein.
However, the brothers were still linked in the courts. But that state of affairs for the Weinsteins, as well as several executives at their now-shuttered company and Disney, changed today.
In a ruing (read it here) on Harvey Weinstein’s unsuccessful attempt to have a nearly year and a half sex-trafficking class action suit dismissed, a federal judge in New York cut Bob Weinstein loose today. The TWC board, ex-The Weinstein Company COO David Glasser and former Hr VP Frank Gil, Disney and several others were also released permanently from the sprawling case.
After the sexual misconduct scandal broke, TWC terminated Harvey Weinstein on October 8, 2017, and, still owning 23% of the company, he formally resigned...
However, the brothers were still linked in the courts. But that state of affairs for the Weinsteins, as well as several executives at their now-shuttered company and Disney, changed today.
In a ruing (read it here) on Harvey Weinstein’s unsuccessful attempt to have a nearly year and a half sex-trafficking class action suit dismissed, a federal judge in New York cut Bob Weinstein loose today. The TWC board, ex-The Weinstein Company COO David Glasser and former Hr VP Frank Gil, Disney and several others were also released permanently from the sprawling case.
After the sexual misconduct scandal broke, TWC terminated Harvey Weinstein on October 8, 2017, and, still owning 23% of the company, he formally resigned...
- 4/18/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar announcement day used to bring good news for Harvey Weinstein. Instead, the once high-flying movie mogul on Tuesday learned that a federal judge in New York wouldn't pause a class action brought by 10 of his female accusers.
Louisette Geiss is one of many women now suing Weinstein for assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiffs are also targeting Disney, Miramax and members of the Weinstein Co. board with racketeering and negligent supervision claims for allegedly having knowledge and being complicit in the abuse.
For Weinstein, the civil case is a complication.
As he heads to ...
Louisette Geiss is one of many women now suing Weinstein for assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiffs are also targeting Disney, Miramax and members of the Weinstein Co. board with racketeering and negligent supervision claims for allegedly having knowledge and being complicit in the abuse.
For Weinstein, the civil case is a complication.
As he heads to ...
- 1/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Oscar announcement day used to bring good news for Harvey Weinstein. Instead, the once high-flying movie mogul on Tuesday learned that a federal judge in New York wouldn't pause a class action brought by 10 of his female accusers.
Louisette Geiss is one of many women now suing Weinstein for assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiffs are also targeting Disney, Miramax and members of the Weinstein Co. board with racketeering and negligent supervision claims for allegedly having knowledge and being complicit in the abuse.
For Weinstein, the civil case is a complication.
As he heads to ...
Louisette Geiss is one of many women now suing Weinstein for assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiffs are also targeting Disney, Miramax and members of the Weinstein Co. board with racketeering and negligent supervision claims for allegedly having knowledge and being complicit in the abuse.
For Weinstein, the civil case is a complication.
As he heads to ...
- 1/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emails are emerging as the nucleus of Harvey Weinstein’s defense in the criminal case that could see the much-accused producer behind bars for life but now another set of accusers want to keep that correspondence out of the press and the public eye.
It is a move that one Weinstein lawyer thinks will backfire in his client’s favor in the courts and in the media.
“We are not surprised by the motion seeking a protective order,” said Scott Cousins today in a statement on the filing in federal court in a class action against the producer by 10 women. “The plaintiffs in the Geiss case know that it is only a matter of time until the bankruptcy court releases Mr. Weinstein’s emails to the public, as there is no privileged or confidential information contained in the emails,” he adds.
“In fact, they demonstrate a drastically different tale from...
It is a move that one Weinstein lawyer thinks will backfire in his client’s favor in the courts and in the media.
“We are not surprised by the motion seeking a protective order,” said Scott Cousins today in a statement on the filing in federal court in a class action against the producer by 10 women. “The plaintiffs in the Geiss case know that it is only a matter of time until the bankruptcy court releases Mr. Weinstein’s emails to the public, as there is no privileged or confidential information contained in the emails,” he adds.
“In fact, they demonstrate a drastically different tale from...
- 12/14/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
After the much-accused Harvey Weinstein scored a win earlier this month when the Manhattan District Attorney dropped one of the charges against him in a criminal case that could find him behind bars for life, things potentially went to a very bad place for the once-powerful producer today.
An amended class-action complaint filed in federal court Wednesday alleges Weinstein tried to rape a 16-year old virgin model in 2002 and continued harassing her for many years afterward in both New York and Los Angeles.
Weinstein “lured” the Poland-born teen “to his apartment and sexually assaulted her, and he continued to emotionally abuse and sexually harass her for nearly a decade thereafter,” the jury trial-seeking and disturbingly detailed filing states among the consolidated claims of 10 women in total (read it here).
“As a result, Jane Doe has experienced severe emotional and physical distress,” the 264-page document against Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, the Walt Disney Company,...
An amended class-action complaint filed in federal court Wednesday alleges Weinstein tried to rape a 16-year old virgin model in 2002 and continued harassing her for many years afterward in both New York and Los Angeles.
Weinstein “lured” the Poland-born teen “to his apartment and sexually assaulted her, and he continued to emotionally abuse and sexually harass her for nearly a decade thereafter,” the jury trial-seeking and disturbingly detailed filing states among the consolidated claims of 10 women in total (read it here).
“As a result, Jane Doe has experienced severe emotional and physical distress,” the 264-page document against Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, the Walt Disney Company,...
- 11/1/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Weinstein Company officially belongs to Lantern Capital Partners, Variety reports, ending the studio’s arduous bankruptcy proceedings. In a Delaware courtroom last week, Judge Mary Walrath oversaw the closing. A Dallas-based private equity firm, Lantern Capital Partners paid $289 million for Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s namesake distributor — $23 million less than the parties’ previously-agreed-upon $310 million. Lantern will henceforth be known as Lantern Entertainment, operating offices in Dallas, New York, and Los Angeles, and assuming the rights to TWC’s 277-film library.
“Over the last several months, we have immersed ourselves in the formation of Lantern Entertainment,” co-presidents Andy Mitchell and Milos Brajovic said in a statement. “Throughout all our conversations with employees, creatives and industry professionals, we are inspired by the collective commitment and support extended to the launch of our new company, which is anchored by creativity in a meritocracy-based culture. Across all disciplines, we are extremely motivated to...
“Over the last several months, we have immersed ourselves in the formation of Lantern Entertainment,” co-presidents Andy Mitchell and Milos Brajovic said in a statement. “Throughout all our conversations with employees, creatives and industry professionals, we are inspired by the collective commitment and support extended to the launch of our new company, which is anchored by creativity in a meritocracy-based culture. Across all disciplines, we are extremely motivated to...
- 7/16/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
A woman suing Harvey Weinstein for rape as part of a new class action lawsuit claims she has video evidence of the disgraced mogul harassing her during a business meeting.
Melissa Thompson claims that she had a meeting with Weinstein in September 2011 during which she pitched her tech company’s video platform, according to the class action complaint filed in the southern district of New York.
A spokesperson for Weinstein previously told People in a statement that “any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of...
Melissa Thompson claims that she had a meeting with Weinstein in September 2011 during which she pitched her tech company’s video platform, according to the class action complaint filed in the southern district of New York.
A spokesperson for Weinstein previously told People in a statement that “any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of...
- 6/1/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
While awaiting the start of his rape trial in New York, on Friday Harvey Weinstein was served with his third class-action lawsuit from a group of his alleged victims. Three plaintiffs filed the new complaint — obtained by Variety — in Manhattan’s Southern District, citing three incidents that occurred in as many countries, between 1996 and 2011. Charges including assault, civil battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent supervision were filed against not only Weinstein, but also his brother and former business partner Bob Weinstein; their first studio, Miramax; Miramax’s first buyer, The Walt Disney Company; and board members from the brothers’ The Weinstein Company.
Caitlin Dulany, an actress who appeared on “ER” and “Ally McBeal,” claims she had a pair of unnerving encounters with the former studio chairman. In March 1996, Weinstein picked her up at her New York apartment for what she thought was a platonic dinner. She used the bathroom before they left,...
Caitlin Dulany, an actress who appeared on “ER” and “Ally McBeal,” claims she had a pair of unnerving encounters with the former studio chairman. In March 1996, Weinstein picked her up at her New York apartment for what she thought was a platonic dinner. She used the bathroom before they left,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The Weinstein Company went into a Delaware bankruptcy court Tuesday for what they hoped was a swift formality — a sales hearing to uphold Lantern Capital Partners’ planned purchase of its studio and 277-film library — and got its wish. Dallas private equity firm Lantern Capital was the lone party to vie for TWC ahead of its April 30 bidding deadline, nullifying the need for an auction between prospective owners. Lantern’s offer was worth $425 million ($310 million cash and assuming $115 million in liabilities).
As TWC attorney Karin DeMasi revealed on May 7, “To the best of Debtors’ knowledge, no senior management is or will be involved with the post-closing enterprise,” meaning Bob Weinstein appears to be exiting the 13-year-old studio. It is unknown whether company headquarters will remain in Manhattan.
Deadline reports that fellow TWC lawyer Paul Zumbro — one of almost 100 attorneys present in the courtroom today — implored Judge Mary Walrath to greenlight the...
As TWC attorney Karin DeMasi revealed on May 7, “To the best of Debtors’ knowledge, no senior management is or will be involved with the post-closing enterprise,” meaning Bob Weinstein appears to be exiting the 13-year-old studio. It is unknown whether company headquarters will remain in Manhattan.
Deadline reports that fellow TWC lawyer Paul Zumbro — one of almost 100 attorneys present in the courtroom today — implored Judge Mary Walrath to greenlight the...
- 5/8/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The Weinstein Co. is looking to get court approval on Tuesday for a sale to Lantern Capital Partners. But to do so, it must overcome the objections of the committee of unsecured creditors, which includes two representatives who allege they were sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein.
The committee and the Weinstein Co. began the bankruptcy process in relative harmony. But that has fallen apart in the last week, as a dark-horse bidder, Broadway producer Howard Kagan, emerged with an offer of $30 million for Weinstein victims. The Weinstein Co. has dismissed the offer — submitted under the name Inclusion Media — as too late and woefully incomplete. But attorneys for the committee have urged the company to accommodate Kagan’s request for further information and an extension of the bid deadline.
The Kagan offer, posted below, vows to create “the most diverse and progressive film and TV studio in the industry,” and pledges...
The committee and the Weinstein Co. began the bankruptcy process in relative harmony. But that has fallen apart in the last week, as a dark-horse bidder, Broadway producer Howard Kagan, emerged with an offer of $30 million for Weinstein victims. The Weinstein Co. has dismissed the offer — submitted under the name Inclusion Media — as too late and woefully incomplete. But attorneys for the committee have urged the company to accommodate Kagan’s request for further information and an extension of the bid deadline.
The Kagan offer, posted below, vows to create “the most diverse and progressive film and TV studio in the industry,” and pledges...
- 5/7/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The Weinstein Co. has backed away from its plans to depose attorneys for the women who brought a class-action lawsuit against company co-founder Harvey Weinstein, a move one attorney branded an attempt to silence the women backing a rival bid for the company.
The studio filed an amended document with the court that seeks to depose members of the Unsecured Creditors Committee about any documents and communications with Inclusion Media, which this week submitted a dark-horse bid for The Weinstein Co.’s assets.
The offer, from Broadway producer Howard Kagan, who proposed reserving $30 million from his $325 million cash-offer for the alleged victims of sexual assault, who are among the company’s unsecured creditors. Five of the plaintiffs in the class-action suit threw their support behind this bid.
The Weinstein Co. said Inclusion’s offer, which it described as a “letter of interest,” missed Monday’s bid deadline and failed to include a purchase agreement,...
The studio filed an amended document with the court that seeks to depose members of the Unsecured Creditors Committee about any documents and communications with Inclusion Media, which this week submitted a dark-horse bid for The Weinstein Co.’s assets.
The offer, from Broadway producer Howard Kagan, who proposed reserving $30 million from his $325 million cash-offer for the alleged victims of sexual assault, who are among the company’s unsecured creditors. Five of the plaintiffs in the class-action suit threw their support behind this bid.
The Weinstein Co. said Inclusion’s offer, which it described as a “letter of interest,” missed Monday’s bid deadline and failed to include a purchase agreement,...
- 5/4/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Weinstein Company is looking to depose members of the unsecured creditors committee about any conversations with Inclusion Media, a dark-horse bidder for the studio’s film and television assets.
In the sign of mounting tensions between the studio and representatives for its unsecured creditors, which include women who have accused co-founder Harvey Weinstein of misconduct, the Weinstein Co. outlined a dozen topics of inquiry.
The company’s attorneys say they want to know of any communications, verbal or written, between the official unsecured creditors committee and Inclusion Media, the Howard Kagan-led entity that submitted a rival bid for the studio’s assets this week. The Weinstein Co.’s attorneys also plan to ask whether there were discussions about creating a victims fund.
Inclusion Media’s bid, which the Weinstein Co. rejected as deficient, proposed creating a $30 million victims fund. Kagan, the Broadway producer behind the bid, increased his offer today — though the Weinstein Co.
In the sign of mounting tensions between the studio and representatives for its unsecured creditors, which include women who have accused co-founder Harvey Weinstein of misconduct, the Weinstein Co. outlined a dozen topics of inquiry.
The company’s attorneys say they want to know of any communications, verbal or written, between the official unsecured creditors committee and Inclusion Media, the Howard Kagan-led entity that submitted a rival bid for the studio’s assets this week. The Weinstein Co.’s attorneys also plan to ask whether there were discussions about creating a victims fund.
Inclusion Media’s bid, which the Weinstein Co. rejected as deficient, proposed creating a $30 million victims fund. Kagan, the Broadway producer behind the bid, increased his offer today — though the Weinstein Co.
- 5/3/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Weinstein Co. sale is not settled yet, as a second buyer submitted a late bid for the company on Tuesday.
A source told Variety that the bidder is Howard Kagan, a former partner at Harbinger Capital who has produced a number of Broadway shows. Kagan’s $315 million bid would keep the company as a going concern, and would include a $30 million fund for victims of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual abuses.
Lantern Capital, the Dallas-based private equity firm, was the only bidder to submit a bid for the whole company before the 5 p.m. deadline on Monday. Lantern has offered $310 million, plus the assumption of certain liabilities. Sonar Entertainment submitted a smaller bid on Monday for some of the TV library, according to Dan Gagnier, a spokesman for the company.
It is unclear whether the Weinstein Co. will consider the Kagan bid. The Weinstein Co. did not respond to a request for comment.
A source told Variety that the bidder is Howard Kagan, a former partner at Harbinger Capital who has produced a number of Broadway shows. Kagan’s $315 million bid would keep the company as a going concern, and would include a $30 million fund for victims of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual abuses.
Lantern Capital, the Dallas-based private equity firm, was the only bidder to submit a bid for the whole company before the 5 p.m. deadline on Monday. Lantern has offered $310 million, plus the assumption of certain liabilities. Sonar Entertainment submitted a smaller bid on Monday for some of the TV library, according to Dan Gagnier, a spokesman for the company.
It is unclear whether the Weinstein Co. will consider the Kagan bid. The Weinstein Co. did not respond to a request for comment.
- 5/1/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Six women who are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and the studio that bears his name are seeking the bankruptcy court’s permission to resume their case.
Attorneys for the women today filed a request with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to lift an automatic stay and allow the case to proceed in federal district court in New York.
The women filed suit in December, saying they — and potentially hundreds of other women like them — found themselves with Weinstein on the proverbial “casting couch” at offices, in hotel rooms, in his homes or at industry functions.
“Under the guise of meetings ostensibly to help further their careers, or to hire them, or to socialize at industry events, Weinstein isolated [these women] in an attempt to engage in unwanted sexual conduct that took many forms: flashing, groping, fondling, harassing, battering, false imprisonment, sexual assault, attempted rape and/or completed rape,...
Attorneys for the women today filed a request with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to lift an automatic stay and allow the case to proceed in federal district court in New York.
The women filed suit in December, saying they — and potentially hundreds of other women like them — found themselves with Weinstein on the proverbial “casting couch” at offices, in hotel rooms, in his homes or at industry functions.
“Under the guise of meetings ostensibly to help further their careers, or to hire them, or to socialize at industry events, Weinstein isolated [these women] in an attempt to engage in unwanted sexual conduct that took many forms: flashing, groping, fondling, harassing, battering, false imprisonment, sexual assault, attempted rape and/or completed rape,...
- 5/1/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ashley Judd — who alleges that Harvey Weinstein behaved inappropriately toward her in the mid-1990s — is suing the disgraced producer Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The two-time Golden Globe nominee is seeking damages for sexual harassment and defamation, also contending that Weinstein violated California’s Unfair Competition Law. Any winnings would be donated to the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, Judd said in a statement.
Once Judd had been cast in Miramax’s 1995 film, “Smoke,” she was summoned to a breakfast meeting with its co-founder, Weinstein, at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. She was directed to his room, where he awaited her dressed in a bathrobe, seeking a massage or a shower audience. Although Judd declined, she did appear in “Smoke” and a second Miramax feature, “Kiss the Girls.”
The actress first recounted the incident to Variety in October 2015, omitting Weinstein’s name. Two years later, she became...
Once Judd had been cast in Miramax’s 1995 film, “Smoke,” she was summoned to a breakfast meeting with its co-founder, Weinstein, at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. She was directed to his room, where he awaited her dressed in a bathrobe, seeking a massage or a shower audience. Although Judd declined, she did appear in “Smoke” and a second Miramax feature, “Kiss the Girls.”
The actress first recounted the incident to Variety in October 2015, omitting Weinstein’s name. Two years later, she became...
- 5/1/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Exclusive: As tonight’s deadline approaches for bids for The Weinstein Co., a new player might emerge with an offer that includes compensation for the women who say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by the company’s disgraced co-chairman, Harvey Weinstein, according to multiple sources.
The New York-based bidder with ties to Broadway is contemplating a bid that would maintain TWC as an active film and television studio headquartered in New York City, sources say.
This interested party also envisions honoring the commitments that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman secured on behalf of victims from an investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet and Ron Burkle, whose deal to buy the Weinstein Co. ultimately collapsed.
The bidder asked to remain unidentified because the offer has yet to be made, and might not come to fruition. However multiple parties are aware of this well-established entertainment figure’s interest in The Weinstein Co.
The New York-based bidder with ties to Broadway is contemplating a bid that would maintain TWC as an active film and television studio headquartered in New York City, sources say.
This interested party also envisions honoring the commitments that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman secured on behalf of victims from an investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet and Ron Burkle, whose deal to buy the Weinstein Co. ultimately collapsed.
The bidder asked to remain unidentified because the offer has yet to be made, and might not come to fruition. However multiple parties are aware of this well-established entertainment figure’s interest in The Weinstein Co.
- 4/30/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated at 6:15 pm with comment from Gloria Allred, who represents many of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers.
The committee of unsecured creditors in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has hired a law firm that has recovered millions of dollars for victims of clergy sexual abuse in bankruptcy cases.
The decision to retain Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones is another sign that the U.S. bankruptcy court will not overlook the claims of the women who said they were sexually abused and assaulted by the Weinstein Co.’s co-founder Harvey Weinstein.
“I am very familiar with the firm and know some of the lawyers in it. I believe that this firm is an outstanding choice to represent the unsecured creditors,” said attorney Gloria Allred. “All of the alleged victims of the Weinstein Company are unsecured creditors. My law firm represents many of them. We look forward to achieving as much justice as is...
The committee of unsecured creditors in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has hired a law firm that has recovered millions of dollars for victims of clergy sexual abuse in bankruptcy cases.
The decision to retain Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones is another sign that the U.S. bankruptcy court will not overlook the claims of the women who said they were sexually abused and assaulted by the Weinstein Co.’s co-founder Harvey Weinstein.
“I am very familiar with the firm and know some of the lawyers in it. I believe that this firm is an outstanding choice to represent the unsecured creditors,” said attorney Gloria Allred. “All of the alleged victims of the Weinstein Company are unsecured creditors. My law firm represents many of them. We look forward to achieving as much justice as is...
- 3/31/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
The unsecured creditors in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy have hired Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, a firm that has represented sexual abuse victims in a dozen bankruptcies involving the Catholic Church.
The five-member committee of unsecured creditors includes two alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein’s abuses: his former assistant Sandeep Rehal and former actress Louisette Geiss. The committee also includes Wme, Cinedigm, and Light Chaser Animation, a Chinese animation studio. Geiss, who filed a suit alleging that Weinstein tried to force her to watch him masturbate in 2008, will chair the committee.
James Stang, a partner at the firm, will be among the attorneys representing the unsecured creditors. The committee’s goal will be to maximize the value of the Weinstein Co. estate in order to get the greatest possible recovery. The firm’s involvement is a sign that the committee may take an aggressive approach, possibly even suing Harvey Weinstein to...
The five-member committee of unsecured creditors includes two alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein’s abuses: his former assistant Sandeep Rehal and former actress Louisette Geiss. The committee also includes Wme, Cinedigm, and Light Chaser Animation, a Chinese animation studio. Geiss, who filed a suit alleging that Weinstein tried to force her to watch him masturbate in 2008, will chair the committee.
James Stang, a partner at the firm, will be among the attorneys representing the unsecured creditors. The committee’s goal will be to maximize the value of the Weinstein Co. estate in order to get the greatest possible recovery. The firm’s involvement is a sign that the committee may take an aggressive approach, possibly even suing Harvey Weinstein to...
- 3/30/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
A committee that includes two of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers as well as talent agency Wme has been formed to represent creditors owed money by The Weinstein Company, according to a bankruptcy court document obtained by TheWrap. The one-page document, filed Wednesday at a U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware, shows that Weinstein’s former assistant Sandeep Rehal is a member of the committee, as is Louisette Geiss, who claimed Weinstein assaulted her at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and who is part of a federal Rico class action lawsuit filed against Weinstein and TWC. Also Read: Malia Obama, David Bowie and Blockbuster Video...
- 3/29/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Committee For Unsecured Weinstein Co. Creditors Includes Two Of Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Plus Wme
Unsecured creditors trying to extract compensation from the Weinstein Co. will be represented by a five-member committee that includes two of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers and major talent agency Wme.
According to a one-page document filed today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, the committee includes Louisette Geiss and Sandeep Rehal as well as Wme, Cinedigm and China-based Light Chaser Animation. The document, signed by the trustees in the bankruptcy case, doesn’t offer any specifics about what the quintet will be charged with doing. Essentially, they are the elite guard fighting for the thousands of unsecured creditors collectively owed more than $500 million by the company.
Geiss has been part of a class-action lawsuit filed under the federal Rico Act and also alleged that Weinstein sexually harassed her at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Rehal, Weinstein’s former assistant, is pursuing her own separate sexual-harassment suit in New York.
According to a one-page document filed today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, the committee includes Louisette Geiss and Sandeep Rehal as well as Wme, Cinedigm and China-based Light Chaser Animation. The document, signed by the trustees in the bankruptcy case, doesn’t offer any specifics about what the quintet will be charged with doing. Essentially, they are the elite guard fighting for the thousands of unsecured creditors collectively owed more than $500 million by the company.
Geiss has been part of a class-action lawsuit filed under the federal Rico Act and also alleged that Weinstein sexually harassed her at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Rehal, Weinstein’s former assistant, is pursuing her own separate sexual-harassment suit in New York.
- 3/28/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Actors challenge Hollywood mogul’s legal team over use of their statements in his defence against sexual misconduct charges
Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence have spoken out against Harvey Weinstein after the Hollywood mogul used statements by both actors in an effort to dismiss a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him.
Weinstein is the subject of a racketeering lawsuit filed by six women – Louisette Geiss, Katherine Kendall, Zoe Brock, Sarah Ann Thomas (Aka Sarah Ann Masse), Melissa Sagemiller and Nannette Klatt, who claim the producer sexually assaulted or harassed them and that his behaviour was covered up by a system of people working within his former studios Miramax and the Weinstein Company.
Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence have spoken out against Harvey Weinstein after the Hollywood mogul used statements by both actors in an effort to dismiss a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him.
Weinstein is the subject of a racketeering lawsuit filed by six women – Louisette Geiss, Katherine Kendall, Zoe Brock, Sarah Ann Thomas (Aka Sarah Ann Masse), Melissa Sagemiller and Nannette Klatt, who claim the producer sexually assaulted or harassed them and that his behaviour was covered up by a system of people working within his former studios Miramax and the Weinstein Company.
- 2/22/2018
- by Gwilym Mumford
- The Guardian - Film News
Disgraced and much accused producer Harvey Weinstein is seeking to have a sexual misconduct class action lawsuit against him thrown out of court and he's using some of Hollywood's leading ladies as a partial blunt object to get his way. "These proposed class definitions are fatally overbroad as to be not ascertainable," says documents supporting Weinstein's desire to have the Rico Act citing federal suit of late last year from Louisette Geiss, Katherine Kendall, Zoe…...
- 2/21/2018
- Deadline
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