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 said Jennifer Aniston ‘should be killed’ over sexual assault claims amid rape charge sentencing
metro.co.ukHarvey Weinstein said Jennifer Aniston ‘should be killed’ in an unearthed email, following allegations the disgraced Hollywood producer ‘groped’ the Friends actress.
Court documents unsealed by Manhattan Supreme Court have revealed a string of emails between the 67-year-old and his team, ahead of the sentencing for his rape and sexual assault conviction on Wednesday.
According to Variety, his spokesperson forwarded on an email from a reporter at the National Enquirer, asking for comment and clarification over claims he groped the 51-year-old at the 2005 premiere of her film, Derailed.
The publication – who obtained the documents – states he replied on 31 October, 2017, with: ‘Jen Aniston should be killed’. Jennifer’s publicist insisted the
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