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.
Julia Ormond Sues Harvey Weinstein For Battery And CAA, Disney As Sexual Assault Enablers
etcanada.comJulia Ormond is wielding a massive lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault, and she’s also pointing the courtroom finger at the CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax for allegedly enabling his behaviour.
While most of the world is now aware of Weinstein’s heinous crimes of sexual harassment, it is rare for business partners profiting from Weinstein’s work to be named defendants for allegedly enabling his behaviour. READ MORE: No Harvey Weinstein Retrial On Rape, Sex Assault Charges In court docs obtained by Variety, the “Legends of the Fall” actress, 58, alleges Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 1995 after a business dinner.
Ormond claims that after informing her CAA agents, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane, they cautioned her against speaking out about the tragic crime.
She is now suing the CAA for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. Miramax and The Walt Disney Company, once linked to Harvey Weinstein, now face a lawsuit for negligent supervision and retention, although former executives like Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg aren’t defendants. READ MORE: Goldie Hawn Recalls Standing Up To ‘Bully’ Harvey Weinstein As She Discusses Axed ‘Chicago’ Movie With Madonna The suit alleges that these companies and the talent agency CAA were aware of Weinstein’s misconduct but failed to warn the actress because he was too influential and profitable.
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