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.
James Dolan Wins Dismissal of Massage Therapist’s Sex Trafficking Lawsuit
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A federal judge has dismissed a sex trafficking lawsuit that was brought against Harvey Weinstein and James Dolan, finding insufficient evidence of a commercial exchange for sex.
Kellye Croft, a Tennessee massage therapist, filed the suit in January, alleging that Dolan pressured her into having sex with him during an Eagles tour in 2013.
She also alleged that Dolan arranged for her to meet with Weinstein at the Peninsula Hotel in 2014, and that Weinstein sexually assaulted her.
During the L.A. leg of the Eagles tour, Croft was paid $700 per day in cash, plus $8,400, even though she did relatively little massage work, according to her lawsuit.
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