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 charged with new count of sexual assault by restraint
metro.co.ukHarvey Weinstein has been charged with new counts of sexual assault, according to prosecutors in LA. The disgraced Hollywood producer was found guilty of rape and sexual act charges in New York in February, later sentenced to 23-years behind bars.
He was due to be extradited to LA, to face other charges stemming from two incidents in February, 2013 – including one count of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by force.
And the 68-year-old has now been accused of ‘sexual battery by restraint’. A woman has come forward with fresh allegations that he attacked her during an incident at a Beverly Hills hotel room on 11 May, 2010, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has said.
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