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.
Weinstein Accusers In Chapter 11 Settlement Process Push To End It And Let Individuals Pursue Solo Cases
deadline.comDade Hayes Finance EditorTwo of the alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein are pushing to have the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process conclude, with plaintiffs able to pursue individual cases through Chapter 7 instead.Actresses Wedil David and Dominque Huett are referred to in court documents as “non-settling plaintiffs.” Both are already pursuing their own separate cases over rape and sexual assault accusations against Weinstein, who has started serving a 23-year prison sentence after a criminal conviction in March.The two are among many critics of a proposed settlement that would have delivered $19 million to the dozens of women with claims against the former movie mogul.
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