Harvey Weinstein CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Heavenly Creatures (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.
Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel, among accusers at Harvey Weinstein trial
foxnews.comThe wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein in his rape and sexual assault trial that began on Monday.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker, is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will testify, her attorney said. "Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap," Newsom's attorney, Elizabeth Fegan, said in a statement. "She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women." Jennifer Siebel Newsom was among the accusers at Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial that began on Monday, Oct.
10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault involving Newsom and four other women.
All of them will testify as Jane Doe during the eight-week trial in a Los Angeles court, where jury selection began Monday. Weinstein, 70, is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence following a conviction in New York.
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