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.
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein charged with new count of sexual assault
dailyrecord.co.ukDisgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged with a new count of sexual assault, prosecutors in Los Angeles have said.
The fallen film producer, who is serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York, is alleged to have attacked a woman at a Beverly Hills hotel in May 2010, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
Weinstein had already been charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.
Prosecutors have now added one felony count of sexual battery by restraint. "We are continuing to build and strengthen our case," Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said."As we gather
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