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's extradition to Los Angeles to face new charges delayed due to coronavirus pandemic: reports
foxnews.comHarvey Weinstein's extradition to Los Angeles to face an additional set of sex crime charges has been delayed, according to reports.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has reportedly confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic is the reason for the delay. "The virus has delayed the processing of the extradition paperwork," LA County DA spokesman Greg Risling told Page Six.
Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Court, on February 24, 2020 in New York City. (Getty) The DA official added that there is currently "no time estimate" on when Weinstein will be headed to a Los Angeles court to face the charges.The office did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.
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