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 sued for sexual assault and battery
peoplemagazine.co.zaHarvey Weinstein is being sued for sexual assault and battery by an actress who has accused him of coercing her into having sex by teasing her with a potential role in a film.
According to TMZ.com, the lawsuit was filed by a Jane Doe, who claims she met Weinstein at an event in Los Angeles back in 2014, where he told her “I run Hollywood” and suggested they should meet up.
The woman alleges she went to meet the disgraced producer, who is currently serving a 23-year sentence at Rikers Island prison after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault, at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills.
When she arrived, he allegedly told her to come up to his room. In the legal documents, the woman claims Weinstein answered the door wearing a bathrobe
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