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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.

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Harvey Weinstein Sued for Rape Under Anti-Trafficking Law

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn aspiring actress sued Harvey Weinstein in federal court on Friday, claiming that he repeatedly sexually assaulted over the span of nine years.The plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, joins dozens of other women who have pursued litigation against the incarcerated producer.

She filed the suit under the federal law against sex trafficking, which other plaintiffs have also used successfully against Weinstein.According to the complaint, she met Weinstein at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, when she was 22 years old.

The complaint alleges a familiar pattern — she states that Weinstein lured her to his suite with promises of helping her career, only to sexually assault once they were alone.

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