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.
BBC, judge Mary Walrath explained that 83 per cent of claimants “have expressed very loudly that they want closure through acceptance of this plan, that they do not seek to have to go through any further litigation in order to receive some recovery, some possible recompense… although it’s clear that money will never give them that”.Walrath added that without the payout, the women who came forward would receive “minimal, if any, recovery.”47 of Weinstein’s accusers voted on the settlement, with 39 voting in favour and eight against.
Those having come forward with the most serious allegations will receive $500,000 (£365,817.50) or more.Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to serve 23 years in a New York state prison last year, after being found.
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