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.
Harvey Weinstein “Almost Died”, Producer’s Lawyer Says As New Grand Jury Indictment Revealed
deadline.comHarvey Weinstein has been indicted by a new grand jury on additional charges, prosecutors said in a New York courtroom Thursday. “We informed the defense just prior to being present in court this morning … the grand jury has indicted Mr.
Weinstein,“ Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said. His lawyer Arthur Aidala told Deadline there may be three new criminal complaints against his client from 2005, 2006 and 2016 based on what prosecutors have told him, but he did not have details.
Weinstein was not in court as he did not receive medical clearance following emergency heart surgery just days ago. Aidala today told Judge Curtis Farber that his client “almost died” before his emergency heart surgery on Sunday.
Earlier this week a producer told Deadline reported that the producer was in “very rough shape”. Additionally, Weinstein was said to be in “critical condition”, Deadline was told.
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