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 lawyer argues he has 'almost medieval' cell conditions
foxnews.comHarvey Weinstein's lawyer told the judge in his sexual assault trial on Tuesday that his client's living conditions are "unhygienic" and "almost medieval." Attorney Mark Werksman asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B.
Lench for help with the issue at the beginning of the second day of jury selection in the disgraced movie mogul's trial on 11 counts of rape and sexual assault.
Werksman said that Weinstein is being left alone in his wheelchair for several hours in an "unsanitary, fetid" holding cell.
Harvey Weinstein interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP) "It’s almost medieval, the conditions," Werksman said. "He’s 70 years old.
Read more on foxnews.com
