Harvey Weinstein Caught With Contraband Milk Duds in L.A. Jail
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHarvey Weinstein was caught with contraband Milk Duds in November, prompting a reprimand from L.A.
County jail guards, according to records viewed by Variety.The Milk Duds were found during a search on Nov. 10, after Weinstein had a face-to-face meeting with Shawn Burkley, one of his attorneys.
The Milk Duds were confiscated, and the guards warned that they would have to search his attorneys’ legal binders and laptop bags on future visits.Weinstein claimed to the guards that he had brought the Milk Duds with him when he was extradited from New York in July.
But the jail officials said he had been searched upon his arrival at the L.A. County jail’s medical facility, and nothing was found, leading them to conclude that the Milk Duds were passed to him during the attorney’s visit.
Read more on variety.com