Needham Screenwriter On Harvey Weinstein: 'We Knew About The Man’s Hunger'

A prominent screenwriter from Needham is admitting that he was aware of disgraced film executive Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment before it was made public by reports from the New York Times and the New Yorker.

In a post on his personal Facebook page, Scott Rosenberg, in no uncertain terms, said that everyone knew of Weinstein's pattern of "overly-aggressive behavior."

"We knew about the man’s hunger; his fervor; his appetite. There was nothing secret about this voracious rapacity; like a gluttonous ogre out of the Brothers Grimm. All couched in vague promises of potential movie roles. (and, it should be noted: there were many who actually succumbed to his bulky charms. Willingly. Which surely must have only impelled him to cast his fetid net even wider). But like I said: everybody-[expletive]-knew," Rosenberg wrote according to Deadline.

Rosenberg is well known to Weinstein. The Needham native's first two movies were distributed by Miramax, meaning that he spent a fair share of time around Weinstein in the 90s. He recalled victims would who would attempt to talk to their agent and manager being warned that they would never work against if they spoke out.

"A few actress friends of mine told me stories: of a ghastly hotel meeting; of a repugnant bathrobe-shucking; of a loathsome massage request. And although they were rattled, they sort of laughed at his arrogance; how he had the temerity to think that simply the sight of his naked, doughy, carbuncled flesh was going to get them in the mood. So I just believed it to be a grotesque display of power; a dude misreading the room and making a lame-if-vile pass," he wrote.

Rosenberg eventually said that everyone was willing to overlook the harassment because they were having too much fun making remarkable movies.

"So, yeah, I am sorry. Sorry and ashamed. Because, in the end, I was complicit. I didn’t say [expletive]. I didn’t do [expletive]. Harvey was nothing but wonderful to me. So I reaped the rewards and I kept my mouth shut. And for that, once again, I am sorry," he wrote.

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