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 extradition request filed by LA prosecutors
metro.co.ukcurrently serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted of rape.He received 20 years for a criminal sexual act in the first degree, and three years for rape in the third degree; these sentences will run consecutively and Weinstein will have to register as a sex offender when he is released.In New York, he was acquitted of first-degree rape and predatory sexual assault – charges that would have resulted in a life sentence if he were found guilty.Most recently, Ashley Judd won an appeal to pursue a sexual assault case against the disgraced producer, after she attempted to sue him in 2018, with her case being dismissed.An appeals court ruled this week that Judd can now pursue her sexual harassment case against Weinstein.Ashley Judd.
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