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 to Face Testimony From Five Extra Witnesses, but Not Daryl Hannah or Rose McGowan
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Los Angeles judge ruled on Wednesday that five additional witnesses will be allowed to testify against Harvey Weinstein at his upcoming rape trial, but excluded testimony from actresses Rose McGowan and Daryl Hannah.Prosecutors wanted to call 15 witnesses to testify about the producer’s “prior bad acts,” but the judge excluded 10 of them.The judge will also allow jurors to be told of Weinstein’s New York conviction involving the sexual assault of Miriam Haley, though Haley will not be called to testify in Los Angeles.Weinstein is facing 11 counts of rape and sexual assault pertaining to five alleged victims.
The prosecution wants to call the additional witnesses to show that Weinstein had a propensity to commit sex crimes. Mark Werksman, his defense lawyer, argued Wednesday that the witnesses would confuse the jury and serve merely to blacken his reputation.“The jury will be tempted to want to punish him for all the things they heard, whether they’re charged or not,” Werksman argued.Paul Thompson, the lead prosecutor, argued that it was not the D.A.’s fault that so many women were lining up to testify against Weinstein.“There is one person in this courtroom who is responsible for that,” he said. “That is Mr.
Weinstein’s responsibility. Mr. Weinstein is the one who committed all of these offenses against so many women over so many years.”The D.A.’s motion and the defense’s opposition remain under seal.
The witnesses were identified in court only by first names, though some were readily identifiable.Werksman said the prosecution was seeking to call “Daryl.”“The prosecution intends to introduce her testimony with the inflammatory purpose of trying to suggest that this man is so despicable,.
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