Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein Resting and “Weak” After Being Rushed to Hospital for Heart Surgery
Harvey Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York on Sunday night and underwent heart surgery Monday. According to Weinstein’s representatives, Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer, Weinstein was “rushed” to the hospital “due to several medical conditions.” On Tuesday, Engelmayer said Weinstein was resting after surgery and “weak.” “We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein […]
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Marlon Wayans Says Harvey Weinstein’s Demise Felt Like “God’s Revenge” After ‘Scary Movie’ Fallout
Marlon Wayans said he should have sued Harvey Weinstein for stealing his family’s film ideas, namely the Scary Movie franchise, but that the infamous producer’s eventual downfall felt like “god’s revenge.” Scary Movie began as a 2000 comedy-horror film written by Wayans and his brother Shawn, directed by his brother Keenan, and produced by Harvey […]
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Harvey Weinstein Indecent Assault Charges in U.K. Dropped: “Unrealistic Prospect of Conviction”
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has had two charges of indecent assault against him dropped by the U.K.‘s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In June 2022, the CPS authorized the charges against Weinstein for alleged offenses against a woman (now in her mid-50s) in 1996, according to the Metropolitan Police. On Thursday, it was confirmed that […]
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Julia Ormond’s Lawsuit Against CAA, Disney Over Harvey Weinstein’s Sex Crimes Can Proceed, Judge Rules
CAA has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit from Julia Ormond faulting the agency for failing to warn her about Harvey’s Weinstein’s history of sexual misconduct before she took a meeting with the former movie mogul that led to her assault. Ormond last year filed a wide-reaching lawsuit accusing her ex-agency, Miramax and Disney […]
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Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Double Pneumonia
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul who has been in prison following a sexual assault conviction, has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 and double pneumonia, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. Weinstein was taken back to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward to be treated for a “myriad of health conditions” that still […]
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Harvey Weinstein Retrial Tentatively Set for November
A tentative new trial date has been set for Harvey Weinstein in New York, following the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction. In a hearing Friday, Judge Curtis Farber estimated that jury selection could begin on Nov. 12 for the new trial. In prior hearings, prosecutors have said they are investigating sexual assault claims from […]
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Harvey Weinstein Appears In Court as Prosecutors Investigate New Claims With Fall Trial In Mind
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case are investigating sexual assault claims from additional women who have come forward as they look to a possible new indictment against the former Hollywood mogul. In Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, Assistant ADA Nicole Blumberg said prosecutors have not yet summoned a grand jury but are continuing to investigate a […]
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Prosecutors May Bring New Indictment Against Harvey Weinstein as More Women May Come Forward
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case say they may issue a new indictment against the former mogul, as there may be more women who come out against him. “Some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020 now appear ready to do so in 2024,” Assistant D.A. Nicole Blumberg said in New York […]
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Harvey Weinstein Will Remain Jailed In New York While Awaiting Rape Retrial
While the New York courts decide whether convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein should return to California while he awaits a retrial for his overturned 2020 conviction, the former movie mogul will remain jailed in the Empire State, it was decided on Thursday. The courts must decide if Weinstein, who was previously convicted on rape charges in […]
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New Harvey Weinstein Trial Planned for After Labor Day
Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day. The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 hearing for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificate of compliance. […]
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Is There Still Hope for #MeToo Justice?
We all know he’s guilty — even the New York appeals court majority that ordered a new trial for Harvey Weinstein knows it. That makes the narrow, 4-3 reversal of Weinstein’s conviction all the more enraging. Anyone who has ever watched a cop show knows how difficult it is to get a conviction in a […]
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Anita Hill on Harvey Weinstein Reversal: “Our Movement Will Persist”
This week’s reversal of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction sent shockwaves through survivor communities. It’s grossly ironic, if not outright cynical, that the release comes during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; it says volumes about the contemporary reality of sexual assault and the limits of legal protections against it. The case forces us to acknowledge that societal misconceptions […]
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