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 indicted on 11 sexual assault charges in LA, fights extradition from NY in virtual hearing
pinkvilla.comDisgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein who was convicted last year on various sexual assault charges appeared for a virtual hearing on Monday.
As per latest reports, Harvey has been indicted on 11 counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles County and he could be extradited here from New York.
The producer and his legal team, however, fought the extradition from New York to LA. Weinstein is currently lodged at maximum security Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo in New York.In Los Angeles, Weinstein has been indicted of four counts of forcible rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, two counts of sexual battery and one count of sexual penetration by force.
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